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overgreat

overgreat adjective: excessively great.

Adjective

overgreat (comparative more overgreat, superlative most overgreat)

  1. Excessively great.
    • an overgreat reduction
    • Oligarchies […] sometimes made men overgreat.

Examples of overgreat in a sentence

  • But it would have been overgreat a risk for you, and your safety was the main object.1901, Edna Lyall, In Spite of All: A Novel, Longmans, Green, and Company, page 178:
  • The weight is overgreat," he whispered to the Prince.1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel, W. Briggs, page 331:

Forms of overgreat

comparativemore overgreat
superlativemost overgreat

Origin of overgreat

From Middle English overgrete; equivalent to over- + great.

Questions about overgreat

What does overgreat mean?
Overgreat means excessively great.
How do you use overgreat in a sentence?
But it would have been overgreat a risk for you, and your safety was the main object.
What part of speech is overgreat?
Overgreat is an adjective.

Words near overgreat in the dictionary

  1. overgrazed
  2. overgrazes
  3. overgrazing
  4. overgrazings
  5. overgreasy
  6. overgreat
  7. overgreatly
  8. overgreatness
  9. overgreed
  10. overgreedily
  11. overgreediness

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