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overapt

overapt adjective: excessively apt or prone to do something.

Adjective

overapt (comparative more overapt, superlative most overapt)

  1. Excessively apt or prone to do something.
    • She was high-minded, generous, affectionate, and naturally gentle; but she was wilful, overapt to be hurried away by the impulse of the moment, and impatient of control; […]1845, Walter Campbell, The Old Forest Ranger: Or, Wild Sports of India, page 237

Forms of overapt

comparativemore overapt
superlativemost overapt

Origin of overapt

From over- + apt.

Questions about overapt

What does overapt mean?
Overapt means excessively apt or prone to do something.
What part of speech is overapt?
Overapt is an adjective.

Words near overapt in the dictionary

  1. overapproximated
  2. overapproximates
  3. overapproximating
  4. overapproximation
  5. overapproximations
  6. overapt
  7. overarch
  8. overarched
  9. overarcher
  10. overarches
  11. overarching

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