Over-egged

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of over-egg form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Overly embellished or exaggerated. not-comparable

    "He talks a mile a minute in wildly over-egged adjectives and mainly looks after the business side of BrewDog: money, marketing, strategy."

Example

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"He talks a mile a minute in wildly over-egged adjectives and mainly looks after the business side of BrewDog: money, marketing, strategy."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the phrase over-egg the pudding; over- + egged.

Etymology 2

From over-egg + -ed.

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