adj
Meaning 1
generous to an excessive degree
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overgenerous
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CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 JH EH2 N ER0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
very generous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- distributed gifts with a lavish hand
- the critics were lavish in their praise
- a munificent gift
- his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
- prodigal praise
- unsparing generosity
- his unstinted devotion
- called for unstinting aid to Britain
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lavish, munificent, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
Antonyms: none provided
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 generous English overgenerous From over- + generous.