over-egged

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See also: overegged

English

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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over-egged (not comparable)

  1. Overly embellished or exaggerated.
    • 2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      He talks a mile a minute in wildly over-egged adjectives and mainly looks after the business side of BrewDog: money, marketing, strategy.

Etymology 2

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From over-egg +‎ -ed.

Verb

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over-egged

  1. simple past and past participle of over-egg