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Where does “hyperobservance” come from?

hyperobservance (English) comes from English observance, from Old French observance, from Latin observantia — remark, note, observation; observance, attention,...

hyperobservance (English): Extreme observance

Definitions

  1. Extreme observance

Ancestry of “hyperobservance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishobservanceThe practice of complying with a law, custom,...
2Old Frenchobservance—
3Latinobservantiaremark, note, observation; observance, attention,...
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