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oversuperlative

Syllables: ov·er·su·per·la·tiveUK/ˈəʊvəsuːˈpɜː.lə.tɪv/US/ˈoʊvɚsuˈpɝː.lə.tɪv/

oversuperlative adjective: overly superlative; of excessive superlativeness.

Adjective

oversuperlative (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Overly superlative; of excessive superlativeness.
    • Such a statement can hardly be said to be oversuperlative considering his life-time devoted to a profound study of Eastern and Western civilization, to philosophical disquisitions in a prolific stream of books, and to extensive lecturing.1948, A Garland of Tributes: Homage to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Volume 1, page 45
    • Although Kempe's expressions are perhaps oversuperlative as one would expect from a laudatory poem of this kind, these qualities really were Haak's and the only one mentioned in the poem which one might is his statesmanship ("Und was einem Staatsman mehr/Vor ----- als ein Orakel ---- stellet/...1962, Anglica Germanica, Volume 3, page 143

Origin of oversuperlative

From over- + superlative.

Questions about oversuperlative

What does oversuperlative mean?
Oversuperlative means overly superlative; of excessive superlativeness.
What part of speech is oversuperlative?
Oversuperlative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce oversuperlative?
Oversuperlative is pronounced /ˈəʊvəsuːˈpɜː.lə.tɪv/ (UK).

Words near oversuperlative in the dictionary

  1. oversummers
  2. oversumming
  3. oversums
  4. oversung
  5. oversup
  6. oversuperlative
  7. oversuperstitious
  8. oversupinate
  9. oversupinated
  10. oversupinates
  11. oversupinating

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