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overglossed

overglossed is the simple past and past participle of overgloss.

Meaning of overgloss

Verb

overgloss (third-person singular simple present overglosses, present participle overglossing, simple past and past participle overglossed)

  1. (transitive) To make (paper, etc.) too glossy.
  2. (transitive) To add too many textual glosses to.

Questions about overglossed

What is overglossed the simple past and past participle of?
Overglossed is the simple past and past participle of overgloss.

Words near overglossed in the dictionary

  1. overglorifies
  2. overglorify
  3. overglorifying
  4. overglorious
  5. overgloss
  6. overglossed
  7. overglosses
  8. overglossing
  9. overglow
  10. overglowed
  11. overglowing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overglossed (page history and authors); overgloss (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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