Overstuffed
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of overstuff. form-of, participle, past
- 1 Filled beyond capacity.
"[…] Mr. [John "Walking"] Stewart used to observe, that the deplorable effect of too much book learning is to deprive man of self-examination, through an over-stuffed memory, which prevents the exercise of the faculties of imagination, judgment, and reflection, and to make conscience depend on the will of others, and not on self-knowledge; […]"
- 2 Of a piece of upholstered furniture, such as a chair or sofa: Covered completely and deeply with upholstery or overstuffing.
"We furnished our first nest with castoffs. Friends alerted us to an overstuffed chair that someone on the far side of the ballpark was, outrageously, throwing out. No three dishes matched. We owned one big-ticket item: a clock radio. Every morning, we woke to the broadcast calls of birds."
- 1 upholstered thickly and deeply wordnet
Example
More examples"The visitors arrive at the island of Espanola. Dozens of sea lions looking like huge overstuffed sausages are flopped out on the beach. Marine iguanas lie passively on the ground or move around noiselessly, ignoring the visitors."
Etymology
] From over- + stuffed.
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