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overlarge en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əʊvəˈlɑːdʒ/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English overlarge, equivalent to over- + large.

Meanings

1. Excessively large; too big; oversize.
   • The house felt overlarge and oversilent with just the two of us, but I was relishing the peace of the kitchen. 2020, Susan Isaacs, Takes One To Know One:
   • After a couple of years without pruning, the shrub had grown overlarge and completely obscured the window.

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Deriveds

overlargely · overlargeness

overlarge en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /əʊvəˈlɑːdʒ/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English overlarge, equivalent to over- + large.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Too extravagantly, overconfidently.
   • I will doo with her what me lyst said Palomydes / wete yow wel sayd that knyghte thou spekest ouer large / though thou semest me to haue at auauntage / by cause thow sawest me doo bataille but late 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxxxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:

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