overchoreograph en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + choreograph.
Meanings
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(rare) To choreograph with too much or too elaborate dancing.
Nureyev was always inclined to overchoreograph, cramming steps onto every beat, a tendency only increased when he restaged ballets.
2007 December 17, Alastair Macaulay, “A Tale of Two Nutcrackers, With More Than a Chunnel Between Them”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overchoreographs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overchoreographed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overchoreographed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overchoreographing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |