excessive

§English

§Etymology

From Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus

§Adjective

excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)

1. Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

   "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive, nay even stupid."

§Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:excessive

§Antonyms

• insufficient
• deficient

§Derived terms

• excessive number

§Related terms

• exceed
• excess

§Translations

exceeding the bounds of something

• Arabic: زائد (zaa'id), مبالغ (mubaaligh)
• Armenian: ավելորդ (avelord)
• Bulgarian: прекален (bg) (prekalen)
• Catalan: excessiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過度, 过度 (zh) (guòdù), 過分 (zh), 过分 (zh) (guòfèn)

• Czech: nadměrný m
• Dutch: overmatig (nl)
• Esperanto: troa, ekscesa
• French: excessif (fr)
• Georgian: ზედმეტი (zedmeti), მეტისმეტი (metismeti), გადაჭარბებული (gadačarbebuli), ზომაგადასული (zomagadasuli), უზომო (uzomo), ჭარბი (čarbi), გადამეტებული (gadametebuli)
• German: übermäßig (de), exzessiv (de)
• Greek: υπερβολικός (el) m (ypervolikós), υπέρμετρος (el) m (ypérmetros)

• Hungarian: túlzott (hu)
• Icelandic: óhóflegur
• Italian: eccessivo (it)
• Japanese: 過度の (ja) (かどの, kado-no)
• Korean: 과도의 (ko) (gwado-ui)
• Latin: nimius
• Maori: tuhene, inati
• Polish: nadmierny, wygórowany m
• Portuguese: excessivo (pt)
• Romanian: excesiv (ro), excesivă f
• Russian: лишний (ru) (líšnij), излишний (ru) (izlíšnij), чрезмерный (ru) (črezmérnyj), избыточный (ru) (izbýtočnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: anabarrach
• Spanish: excesivo (es)
• Swedish: överdriven (sv)

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§French

§Pronunciation

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§Adjective

excessive

1. feminine form of excessif

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§Latin

§Adjective

excessive

1. vocative masculine singular of excessivus