HYPERACUSIS

PRONUNCIATION: (hy-puhr-uh-KYOO-sis)

MEANING: noun: A heightened sensitivity to sounds.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hyper- (over) + acousis (hearing). Earliest documented use: 1825.
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HYPERACUSS - a very special swear word

HYPER-ACCUSIS - "But her e-mails!..."

HOPE-RACUSIS - how we wished the Clarence Thomas affair had worked out (alas, in vain)