Etymograph

English

hyperliteralism

From hyper- + literal + -ism.

Formed from hyper- + literal + -ism

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Old French literal

Middle English literal

English literal

Today it means

noun The phenomenon of misinterpreting metaphors and figurative rhetoric as being literal.

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

Etymograph / hyperliteralism