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overornament

overornament verb: to ornament excessively.

Verb

overornament (third-person singular simple present overornaments, present participle overornamenting, simple past and past participle overornamented)

  1. (transitive) To ornament excessively.

Forms of overornament

third-person singular presentoverornaments
present participleoverornamenting
past participleoverornamented
pastoverornamented

Origin of overornament

From over- + ornament.

Questions about overornament

What does overornament mean?
Overornament means to ornament excessively.
What part of speech is overornament?
Overornament is a verb.
What is the past tense of overornament?
The past tense of overornament is overornamented.

Words near overornament in the dictionary

  1. overorganization
  2. overorganize
  3. overorganized
  4. overorganizes
  5. overorganizing
  6. overornament
  7. overornamented
  8. overornamenting
  9. overornaments
  10. overornate
  11. overos

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