Definitions from Wiktionary (hypercorrect)

▸ adjective:  (linguistics) Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.
▸ verb:  (transitive, linguistics) To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage.
▸ verb:  (transitive, rare) To correct excessively.



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