verb
Meaning 1
To decorate or embellish to an excessive degree
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overdecorate
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English decorate English overdecorate From over- + decorate.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: koristaa liikaa — to decorate excessively
- Finnish: ylikoristaa — to decorate excessively
- Finnish: ylikoristella — to decorate excessively