overtitle

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ title.

Verb

overtitle (third-person singular simple present overtitles, present participle overtitling, simple past and past participle overtitled)

1. To give too high a title or status to.

Noun

overtitle (plural overtitles)

1. (chiefly in the plural) One of a set of lines displayed above a stage and manually synchronized with the speech of the actors, rather like television subtitles.

References

• “overtitle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.