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overtame

overtame adjective: excessively tame.

Adjective

overtame (comparative more overtame, superlative most overtame)

  1. Excessively tame.
    • The already overtame beasts soon lost all fear of man […]1982, G. L. Smuts, Lion, page 69

Forms of overtame

comparativemore overtame
superlativemost overtame

Origin of overtame

From over- + tame.

Questions about overtame

What does overtame mean?
Overtame means excessively tame.
What part of speech is overtame?
Overtame is an adjective.

Words near overtame in the dictionary

  1. overtalked
  2. overtalker
  3. overtalkers
  4. overtalking
  5. overtalks
  6. overtame
  7. overtan
  8. overtanned
  9. overtanning
  10. overtans
  11. overtare

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