overlofty en · ADJ
Etymology
From over- + lofty.
Meanings
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Excessively lofty.
[…] Prometheus Unbound would either have lost its sublimity or have collapsed to pieces because of its own overlofty conception.
1997, Masaki Mori, Epic Grandeur: Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic, page 110:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more overlofty | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most overlofty | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |