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adj
Excessive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: lavish, unrestrained, devilish, excessive, de trop, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, intemperate, nimious, obscene, overmuch, overweening, over the top, prodigal, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, wanton
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Too much; overly much
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
det
Very much; too much; overly much.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
An excessive amount; too much.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
very great in quantity; overabundant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
more than necessary
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: too much
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overabundance, overmuchness, superabundance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abundance, copiousness, teemingness
Narrower terms: excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety, glut, oversupply, surfeit, bellyful
History
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”).
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, equivalent to over- + much.
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from the adjective.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
