Defn: A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. Mitford.
HYPAXIAL
Hy*pax"i*al, a. Etym: [Hypo- + axial.] (Anat.)
Defn: Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal.
HYPE hype n.
Defn: Intense publicity for a future event, performed in a showy or excessively dramatic manner suggesting an importance not justified by the event; as, the hype surrounding the superbowl is usually ludicrous. [PJC]
HYPE hype v. t.
1. to publicize [e.g. a product or a future event] insistently, in a manner exaggerating the importance of; to promote flamboyantly. [wns=1] [WordNet 1.5]
2. To stimulate or excite (a person); —usually used with up, and often in the passive form; as, she was all hyped up over her upcoming wedding. [PJC]
HYPER-
Hy"per-. Etym: [Gr. super, E. over. See Over, and cf. Super-.]
1. A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperæmia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion.