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overlofty

overlofty adjective: excessively lofty.

Adjective

overlofty (comparative more overlofty, superlative most overlofty)

  1. Excessively lofty.
    • […] Prometheus Unbound would either have lost its sublimity or have collapsed to pieces because of its own overlofty conception.1997, Masaki Mori, Epic Grandeur: Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic, page 110

Forms of overlofty

comparativemore overlofty
superlativemost overlofty

Origin of overlofty

From over- + lofty.

Questions about overlofty

What does overlofty mean?
Overlofty means excessively lofty.
What part of speech is overlofty?
Overlofty is an adjective.

Words near overlofty in the dictionary

  1. overlocked
  2. overlocker
  3. overlockers
  4. overlocking
  5. overlocks
  6. overlofty
  7. overlogging
  8. overlogical
  9. overlogically
  10. overlong
  11. overlong vowel

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