overmuch

det

1. (British)Very much; too much; overly much.

   “So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.”

   “If we met with accidents, such as losing canoes and men in the rapids, or losing men in encounters with Indians, or if we encountered overmuch fever and dysentery, the loads would lighten themselves.”

   “He had much prudence, much conscientiousness, and there were occasions when these virtues were the cause of overmuch disquietude in him.”

   “This seemed to me a more important priority in 1959 than overmuch argument about nuclear philosophical heresies of one kind or another.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Excessive.

   “[…]it is good to be applyed to womens breaſts, that grow ſore by the aboundance of milke comming into them: as alſo to repreſſe the overmuch bleeding of the hemorrhoids, to coole the Inflammations of the parts thereabouts, and to give eaſe of paines:[…].”

   “Our Palates like the Seaſoning and Cookery they are ſet to, and an over much Uſe of Salt, beſides that it occaſions thirſt, and over-much Drinking, has other ill Effects upon the Body.”

adv

1. (British, not-comparable)Too much; overly much

   “Some readers do not care overmuch for poetry.”

   “O, he hath kept an evil diet long, / And overmuch consumed his royal person:”

   “Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?”

   “"[…] Do you be humble, and tempt you the Big Man not overmuch. He is quick to anger."”

   “yet what am i that such and such / mysteries very simple touch / me,whose heart-wholeness overmuch / Expects of your hair pale, / a terror musical?”

noun

1. (uncountable)An excessive amount; too much.

   “They had felled too freely here; the sawmills had taken over-much, leaving next to no young wood.”

   “If citizens hear overmuch of the bliss of others, it galls the secrecy of their hearts.”