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overtrue

overtrue adjective: very or excessively true.

Adjective

overtrue (comparative more overtrue, superlative most overtrue)

  1. Very or excessively true.
    • "De Mortuis nil nisis bonum," is an old, trite, though not overtrue proverb, arising from that truly religious sentiment: To do unto others as we wish that others might do unto us.1877, The North American Journal of Homeopathy, volume 26, page 277
    • […] all the much-paraded but not overtrue neutrality of England notwithstanding […]1879, George Anthony Denison, Notes of My Life, 1805-1878 (issue 108, page 274)

Forms of overtrue

comparativemore overtrue
superlativemost overtrue

Origin of overtrue

From over- + true.

Questions about overtrue

What does overtrue mean?
Overtrue means very or excessively true.
What part of speech is overtrue?
Overtrue is an adjective.

Words near overtrue in the dictionary

  1. overtrouble
  2. overtroubled
  3. overtroubles
  4. overtroubling
  5. overtrousers
  6. overtrue
  7. overtrump
  8. overtrumped
  9. overtrumping
  10. overtrumps
  11. overtrust

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