overlarge

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/əʊvəˈlɑːdʒ/ (UK)

Definition of overlarge

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Excessively large; too big; oversize.
    “After a couple of years without pruning, the shrub had grown overlarge and completely obscured the window.”
    “The house felt overlarge and oversilent with just the two of us, but I was relishing the peace of the kitchen.”
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adj

  1. Excessively large; too big; oversize.
    “After a couple of years without pruning, the shrub had grown overlarge and completely obscured the window.”
    “The house felt overlarge and oversilent with just the two of us, but I was relishing the peace of the kitchen.”

adv

  1. (obsolete)Too extravagantly, overconfidently.
    “I will doo with her what me lyst said Palomydes / wete yow wel sayd that knyghte thou spekest ouer large / though thou semest me to haue at auauntage / by cause thow sawest me doo bataille but late”

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Etymology

From Middle English overlarge, equivalent to over- + large.

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