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overbuttered

overbuttered adjective: excessively buttered. Also the simple past and past participle of overbutter.

Adjective

overbuttered (comparative more overbuttered, superlative most overbuttered)

  1. Excessively buttered.
    • [A] visitor on the other side of the high chain-link fence asked how they liked the prison's food service, which was taken over by a private contractor 10 months ago. "It tastes good, except for the string beans, which were overbuttered," one man said, adding: "Look at me -- I'm 11 pounds...1992 May 31, Joseph Deitch, “Feeding Inmates for Less: A Case History”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2026
    • "This is Lord's," notes Bob Miller, as [Ben] Stokes is handed the ball and bowls a maiden. "You can't avoid discussing the male members." And to be fair those one often look like overbuttered croissants.2014 July 17, Simon Burnton, “England v India: second Test, day one – as it happened”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Also used as

overbuttered is also the simple past and past participle of overbutter.

Examples of overbuttered in a sentence

  • "It tastes good, except for the string beans, which were overbuttered," one man said, adding: "Look at me -- I'm 11 pounds overweight."1992 May 31, Joseph Deitch, “Feeding Inmates for Less: A Case History”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...
  • [T]he thin, wiry spaghetti cacio e pepe is lovely, a smidge overbuttered but tossed with a properly stinging, fragrant shot of pepper and pungent cheese, […]2017 April 7, Jonathan Gold, “Jonathan Gold: Indian has flipped to Italian at AR Cucina and it's time to order a negroni”, in Los Angeles...

Forms of overbuttered

comparativemore overbuttered
superlativemost overbuttered

Origin of overbuttered

From over- + buttered.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about overbuttered

What does overbuttered mean?
Overbuttered means excessively buttered.
How do you use overbuttered in a sentence?
"It tastes good, except for the string beans, which were overbuttered," one man said, adding: "Look at me -- I'm 11 pounds overweight."
What part of speech is overbuttered?
Overbuttered is an adjective.

Words near overbuttered in the dictionary

  1. overbusily
  2. overbust
  3. overbusy
  4. overbusying
  5. overbutter
  6. overbuttered
  7. overbuttering
  8. overbutters
  9. overbuy
  10. overbuying
  11. overbuys

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