overegg

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overegg

/ˌəʊvəɹˈɛɡ/ UK
/ˌoʊvəɹˈɛɡ/ US

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

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From over- (prefix meaning ‘excessive; excessively’) + egg, from the phrase over-egg the pudding, a reference to adding too many eggs to a pudding and thereby ruining it.

verb overeggs · overegging · overegged · over-egg

idiomatic, regional, transitive Chiefly in over-egg the pudding: to spoil (something) by exaggerating it, or an aspect of it; to overdo. But hard riding men, in strange countries, are apt now and then to over-egg the pudding, as the Yorkshire landlord told his Grace of Cleveland.
Similar: gild the lily, go overboard, take too far

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@misc{overegg_2026,
  title = {overegg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overegg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}