over-egged en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From the phrase over-egg the pudding; over- + egged.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Overly embellished or exaggerated.
He talks a mile a minute in wildly over-egged adjectives and mainly looks after the business side of BrewDog: money, marketing, strategy.
2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overegged | alternative | lexicographic |