English

hyperdelicacy

From hyper- + delicacy.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin delicatus ‘alluring, charming, delightful’

Middle English delicat ‘delicate’

Middle English delicacie

Today it means

noun Extreme delicacy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hyperdelicacy