overmighty

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22
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23
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10

Definition of overmighty

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Excessively mighty.
    “Contrariwise, if he leaned to Antiochus, as he must be partaker in his overthrow, so was he sure to be oppressed by him, as by an overmighty neighbour, if he happened to win the victor.”
    “In-one-word declaring surely these things, that overmighty Tyrants only, and lawless intruders/And worse than these are we, who the beasts/Affrighting thus utterly (Or, from-the-foundation) chine them/In their own lawful abodes.”
    “The Franks also, overmighty by their victories over so many barbarous tribes — by what a great expedition were they harassed! Attacked, they dreaded a contest with the our soldiers; they who had leaped unawares upon so many nations and forced them into battle. But though that haughty race declined the offered conflict, they could not prevent the death of their own King.”
    “But "woe to the people whose liberty depends on the continued forbearance of an overmighty protector."”

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Etymology

From over- + mighty.

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