overgrown

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

English grown

English overgrown

From over- + grown.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊn

Adjective

overgrown (comparative more overgrown, superlative most overgrown)

1. Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
2. (attributive, mildly derogatory) Having grown bigger without developing maturity or changing character.

   He spends so much money on new technology: he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.

Derived terms

• nonovergrown
• overgrownness

Translations

having large numbers of plants which have become too big

• Bulgarian: обрасъл (bg) (obrasăl)
• Cebuano: malibon
• Esperanto: superkreskita (eo)
• Finnish: umpeenkasvanut
• German: überwachsen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: δασύς (dasús)

• Latin: obsitus
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Māori: waipapa, ururua, heuheu, tūhea, maheu (of a garden with weeds), kōwaowao
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: begrodd

• Spanish: demasiado crecido, demasiadamente crecido, zarrapastroso (es), zarapastroso (Latin America), zalapastroso (Dominican Republic)
• Swedish: igengrodd, övervuxen, bevuxen (sv)
• Thai: รกชัฏ (th) (rók-chát)
• Ukrainian: зарослий (zaroslyj), порослий (poroslyj), заріс (zaris), без догляду (bez dohljadu), запущений (uk) (zapuščenyj)

having grown bigger without changing character

• Spanish: grandulón (es), grandullón (es), tarajalludo
• Ukrainian: надмірно вирослий (nadmirno vyroslyj), перерослий (pereroslyj), перерісший (pererisšyj)

Verb

overgrown

1. past participle of overgrow