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hypersensitive

adj

Etymology

From hyper- + sensitive. Doublet of supersensitive.

  1. derived from sensitivus
  2. derived from sensitif
  3. prefixed as hypersensitive — “hyper + sensitive”

Definitions

  1. Highly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents, especially to some allergen.

  2. Excessively sensitive

    Excessively sensitive; easily offended.

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Derived

electrohypersensitive, hypersensitive avoidant, hypersensitively, hypersensitiveness, nonhypersensitive, pseudohypersensitive

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA