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overcultured

overcultured adjective: excessively cultured.

Adjective

overcultured (comparative more overcultured, superlative most overcultured)

  1. Excessively cultured.
    • Victor and his companions tumble in and out of love, and while there is regret and an occasional glint of hard feelings, there’s not much in the way of visible labor or palpable loss. Mr. Piñeiro is an observer of love’s laziness, of the tentative, noncommittal expressions of desire among...2015 June 25, A. O. Scott, “Review: Shakespeare and Love Cuddle Up in ‘The Princess of France’”, in New York Times

Forms of overcultured

comparativemore overcultured
superlativemost overcultured

Origin of overcultured

From over- + cultured.

Questions about overcultured

What does overcultured mean?
Overcultured means excessively cultured.
What part of speech is overcultured?
Overcultured is an adjective.

Words near overcultured in the dictionary

  1. overcultivates
  2. overcultivating
  3. overcultivation
  4. overcultural
  5. overculture
  6. overcultured
  7. overcultures
  8. overcumber
  9. overcumbered
  10. overcumbering
  11. overcumbers

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