Lexic.us

Definition of Overmuch

1. Adverb. More than necessary. "Let's not blame them overmuch"

2. Adjective. Very great in quantity; overabundant. "Showed overmuch affection"

3. Noun. A quantity that is more than what is appropriate. "We received an inundation of email"

Definition of Overmuch

1. a. Too much.

Definition of Overmuch

1. Determiner. very much; too much ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overmuch

1. an excess [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overmuch

overmodestly overmodulate overmodulated overmodulates overmodulating overmodulation overmoist overmoisture overmore overmorrow

overmost overmount overmounted overmounting overmounts overmuch (current term) overmuches overmuchness overmultiplied overmultiplies

overmultiply overmultiplying overmultitude overmuscled overname overnamed overnames overnear overneat overnet

Literary usage of Overmuch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Christian Philosophy: Or, An Attempt to Display, by Internal Testimony, the by Vicesimus Knox (1835)
"Of being Righteous overmuch. IT seems to be very doubtful, whether the Scriptural phrase ... Be not righteous overmuch; why shouldst thou destroy thyself? ..."

2. Sacred Classics: Or, Cabinet Library of Divinity by Henry Stebbing, Richard Cattermole (1835)
"Of being Righteous overmuch. IT seems to be very doubtful, whether the Scriptural phrase ... Be not righteous overmuch; why shouldst thou destroy thyself? ..."

3. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"Who is righteous overmuch is a morsel for the old one. Dutch. Risk. 1. It is better to risk, than to delay overmuch. 2. It is necessary to risk something. ..."

4. The Gift of Influence by Hugh Black (1908)
"m RIGHTEOUS overmuch Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself over- wise: ... Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die ..."

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