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Having an excessive proportion of carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates. [Written also hypercarburetted.]

Excessively nice or exact. Evelyn.

Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.

Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse.

An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.

A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.

Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.

Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical. [Obs.] Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression. Chapman.

Excessively developed; characterized by hypertrophy.

A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.

Self-worship; excessive self-esteem.

That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. The soldier's god and people's idol. Denham.

Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.

Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration. Shak.

Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter. So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. Shak.

In an immoderate manner; excessively.

Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] Hayward. Immortal flowers, imortelles; everlastings.

An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition. Shak.

An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self- interest; selfishness. The selfishness of the small proprietor has been described by the best writers as individualism. Ed. Rev.

Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. Though more,it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage. Milton. But, O inflame and fire our hearts. Dryden.