Topic: LITERATURE
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | Greek, 'too much of something, hyperbole', from hyperballein 'to go beyond limits' |
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hy‧per‧bo‧le
[uncountable and countable]
[uncountable and countable]AL a way of describing something by saying it is much bigger, smaller, worse etc than it actually is [= exaggeration]: 
It was not hyperbole to call it the worst storm in twenty years.
It was not hyperbole to call it the worst storm in twenty years. —hyperbolic adjective
adjective