different between excessive vs overshorten
excessive
English
Etymology
From Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?s?s?v/
- Rhymes: -?s?v
Adjective
excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)
- Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:excessive
Antonyms
- insufficient
- deficient
Derived terms
- excessive number
Related terms
- exceed
- excess
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k.s?.siv/
Adjective
excessive
- feminine singular of excessif
Interlingua
Adjective
excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)
- excessive
Related terms
- excesso
Latin
Adjective
excess?ve
- vocative masculine singular of excess?vus
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overshorten
English
Etymology
over- +? shorten
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ?'v?r.shôr?t?n, IPA(key): /???.v?????.t?n/
- (US) enPR: ?'v?r.shôr?t?n, IPA(key): /?o?.v?????.t?n/
Verb
overshorten (third-person singular simple present overshortens, present participle overshortening, simple past and past participle overshortened)
- (transitive) To shorten too much; make excessively or inappropriately short.
- 1936, Harold Vincent Marrot (editor), The Life and Letters of John Galsworthy, page 696 (second, revised edition; Heinemann)
- This plant has only a certain capacity for daylight, and to overshorten the nights would injure it.
- 1936, Harold Vincent Marrot (editor), The Life and Letters of John Galsworthy, page 696 (second, revised edition; Heinemann)
Translations
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