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overnimble

overnimble adjective: excessively nimble.

Adjective

overnimble (comparative more overnimble, superlative most overnimble)

  1. Excessively nimble.
    • Acquaint thy self by degrees with hard and knotty studies, as School-divinity, which will clog thy overnimble Phancie.1648, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, page 167

Forms of overnimble

comparativemore overnimble
superlativemost overnimble

Origin of overnimble

From over- + nimble.

Questions about overnimble

What does overnimble mean?
Overnimble means excessively nimble.
What part of speech is overnimble?
Overnimble is an adjective.

Words near overnimble in the dictionary

  1. overnighter
  2. overnighters
  3. overnighting
  4. overnights
  5. overnim
  6. overnimble
  7. overnite
  8. overnitrated
  9. overnoise
  10. overnoised
  11. overnoises

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