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Overmuch
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- 1 Excessive. not-comparable
"[…]it is good to be applyed to womens breaſts, that grow ſore by the aboundance of milke comming into them: as alſo to repreſſe the overmuch bleeding of the hemorrhoids, to coole the Inflammations of the parts thereabouts, and to give eaſe of paines:[…]."
- 1 very great in quantity; overabundant wordnet
- 1 Too much; overly much British, not-comparable
"Some readers do not care overmuch for poetry."
- 1 more than necessary wordnet
- 1 Very much; too much; overly much. British
"So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow."
- 1 An excessive amount; too much. uncountable
"They had felled too freely here; the sawmills had taken over-much, leaving next to no young wood."
- 2 a quantity that is more than what is appropriate wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”).
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”).
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, equivalent to over- + much.
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from the adjective.
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