overlarge

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ large.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əʊvəˈlɑːdʒ/

Adjective

overlarge (comparative more overlarge, superlative most overlarge)

1. Excessively large; too big; oversize.

   After a couple of years without pruning, the shrub had grown overlarge and completely obscured the window.

Adverb

overlarge (comparative more overlarge, superlative most overlarge)

1. (obsolete) Too extravagantly, overconfidently.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:

     ‘Wyte thou well,’ seyde that knyght, ‘thou spekyst over large, thoughe thou semyst thou haste me at avauntage bycause thou sawyst me do batayle but late.’