overprecise
overprecise adjective: excessively precise; more accurate than is needed.
Adjective
overprecise (comparative more overprecise, superlative most overprecise)
- Excessively precise; more accurate than is needed.
- For the consideration of ease, the unreasonablest of all others, and most unbecoming the nature of a man, declares it selfe at full the weakenes of the condition, having a longer traine of discomodites then any of the rest ; and deerely shall yow pay for yowr ease, when yow shall obtayne it by the...1838, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 1838: Volume 27, Society of Antiquaries, page 336
- Lady Lyttelton is again the chief authority for this expression in its Glynnese use : and her application of it is a constant source of sonorous laughter on the part of the reverend person so often alluded to in this work. The Author conceives it is nothing but an arbitrary substitution of the word...1851, George William Lyttelton, Contributions towards a Gossary of the Glynne Language, W. Nicol, pages 65-66
Forms of overprecise
| comparative | more overprecise |
|---|---|
| superlative | most overprecise |
| alternative form | over-precise |
Origin of overprecise
From over- + precise.
Words formed from overprecise
Questions about overprecise
- What does overprecise mean?
- Overprecise means excessively precise; more accurate than is needed.
- What part of speech is overprecise?
- Overprecise is an adjective.
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