excessive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus
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Adjective[edit]
excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)
- Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
- Putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute seems rather excessive.
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- See also Thesaurus:excessive
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Translations[edit]
exceeding the bounds of something
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
excessive
Interlingua[edit]
Adjective[edit]
excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)
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Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
excessīve
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