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overillustration en · NOUN

Etymology

From over- + illustration.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Excessive illustration.
    • There is no rule limiting the number of illustrations that may be used in a publication of the Geological Survey, but in selecting illustrations for a report an author may easily fall into the error of overillustration. 1920, John Livesy Ridgway, The Preparation of Illustrations for Reports of the United States Geological Survey, page 8: