overvivid
overvivid adjective: excessively vivid.
Adjective
overvivid (comparative more overvivid, superlative most overvivid)
- Excessively vivid.
- No one who knew them would have laid an overvivid imagination to the charge of the two worthy burghers who were gossiping thus in the main street of Marseilles; yet this man had strangely impressed them both, and the impression (for which there seemed to be no possible reason) was exactly the same...1891, The Peabody Press, Peabody Press for 1891, page 6
- A short time ago a Frenchman brought himself to the notice of scientific naturalists by undertaking an exploring tour of the Red Sea, from which he brought back a strange and curious collection of fish and shells, embracing several specimens entirely unknown. Continuing his researches on the coast...1895, A. W. Tozer, Current Literature 1895-03: Volume 17, Issue 3, Open Court Publishing Company, page 256
Examples of overvivid in a sentence
- He was struck with the wonderful beauty of submarine landscapes, and resolved to photograph what he could, since a simple description would savor too much of an overvivid imagination.1895, A. W. Tozer, Current Literature 1895-03: Volume 17, Issue 3, Open Court Publishing Company, page 256:
- No man, however, can always be wrong, and an overvivid imagination occasionally really portrays.1907, A. W. Tozer, The Independent 1907-05-16: Volume 62, Issue 3050, Open Court Publishing Company, page 1155:
- For that overvivid green glow flouted at the argent, pure white glimmer of the “candles of the angels” and drove them from the heavens.1911, The Peabody Press, The Smart Set 1911-12: Volume 35, Issue 4, page 75:
- And his overvivid, quite uncontrolled imagination was playing fantastic tricks on him.1918, Cosmopolitan 1918-01: Volume 64, Issue 2, Hearst Brand Development, page 43:
Forms of overvivid
| comparative | more overvivid |
|---|---|
| superlative | most overvivid |
Origin of overvivid
From over- + vivid.
Words formed from overvivid
Questions about overvivid
- What does overvivid mean?
- Overvivid means excessively vivid.
- How do you use overvivid in a sentence?
- He was struck with the wonderful beauty of submarine landscapes, and resolved to photograph what he could, since a simple description would savor too much of an overvivid imagination.
- What part of speech is overvivid?
- Overvivid is an adjective.
Words near overvivid in the dictionary
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