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overspice en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + spice.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To add too much spice to (a dish).
   • I tend to overspice things, to go for big, peasant flavors. 2005, Lela Nargi, Around the Table: Women on Food, Cooking, Nourishment, Love ... and the Mothers who Dished it Up for Them, →ISBN, page 76:
   • Mulate's did not overspice the already spicy crawfish, and the accompanying sauce of onions and peppers was among the best I've tasted in years. 2014, John Hailman, The Search for Good Wine: From the Founding Fathers to the Modern Table, →ISBN:
   • A whiff of nutmeg adds to its distinctive merit, but don't overspice it. 1953, June Evans Platt, Sophie Kerr, The Best I Ever Ate: A Practical Home Cook Book, page 56:

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