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overmerry

overmerry adjective: excessively merry.

Adjective

overmerry (comparative more overmerry, superlative most overmerry)

  1. Excessively merry.
    • I'll in to counsel them; haply my presence
      May well abate the over-merry spleen,c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • It would never do to turn up overmerry, plus the fact that he was expected to make a speech on this ghastly occasion.2014, Elizabeth Dumpleton, On Looking Back, page 125

Forms of overmerry

comparativemore overmerry
superlativemost overmerry

Origin of overmerry

From over- + merry.

Questions about overmerry

What does overmerry mean?
Overmerry means excessively merry.
What part of speech is overmerry?
Overmerry is an adjective.

Words near overmerry in the dictionary

  1. overmelts
  2. overmen
  3. overmentioned
  4. overmerciful
  5. overmerit
  6. overmerry
  7. overmethylation
  8. overmeticulous
  9. overmeticulously
  10. overmeticulousness
  11. overmickle

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