overmighty
overmighty adjective: excessively mighty.
Adjective
overmighty (comparative more overmighty, superlative most overmighty)
- Excessively mighty.
- Contrariwise, if he leaned to Antiochus, as he must be partaker in his overthrow, so was he sure to be oppressed by him, as by an overmighty neighbour, if he happened to win the victor.1829, Sir Raleigh Walter, Thomas Birch, William Oldys, The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, kt, Wiley, page 672
- “In addition to our manifest and indisputable right to the soil of the Oregon Territory — a right derived at once from discovery, from exploration, from occupation, and from solemn treaty stipulations— in addition to all this overmighty hold upon the region, in the resistless affinity lo us and to...1837, William Ogden Niles, Niles' National Register, William Ogden Niles, page 150
Examples of overmighty in a sentence
- The Franks also, overmighty by their victories over so many barbarous tribes — by what a great expedition were they harassed!1886, Cassiodorus Senator, Thomas Hodgkin, The Letters of Cassiodorus, Henry Frowde, page 455:
- But "woe to the people whose liberty depends on the continued forbearance of an overmighty protector."1900, Edward Shepherd Creaby, Decisive Battles of the World, P. F. Collier & Sons, page 293:
- In the gods "there is a mighty, divine power which grows not old," and "Men overmighty in stature are plunged in helpless ruin."1909, Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 74, Issue 9, Yale Literary Society, page 390:
- Before long William of Orange showed such skill as a general and a diplomatist that he became the soul of the general European opposition to the overmighty power of France.1913, T. F. Tout, An Advanced History of Great Britain, Longmans, Green & Company, page 483:
Forms of overmighty
| comparative | more overmighty |
|---|---|
| superlative | most overmighty |
Origin of overmighty
From over- + mighty.
Questions about overmighty
- What does overmighty mean?
- Overmighty means excessively mighty.
- How do you use overmighty in a sentence?
- The Franks also, overmighty by their victories over so many barbarous tribes — by what a great expedition were they harassed!
- What part of speech is overmighty?
- Overmighty is an adjective.
Words near overmighty in the dictionary
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