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overmuch¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”).

determiner over much

  1. UK Very much; too much; overly much. So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

adjective over much

  1. not comparable Excessive. There is not so much harm proceeding from the substance itself of meat, and quality of it, in ill-dressing and preparing, as there is from the quantity, disorder of time and place, unseasonable use of it, intemperance, overmuch, or overlittle taking of it.

    Similar: lavish, unrestrained, devilish, excessive, horrendous, de trop, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, intemperate, nimious, obscene

overmuch²

Where it comes from

From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, equivalent to over- + much.

adverb over much

  1. UK, not comparable Too much; overly much Some readers do not care overmuch for poetry.

overmuch³

Where it comes from

From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from the adjective.

noun over much

  1. uncountable An excessive amount; too much. They had felled too freely here; the sawmills had taken over-much, leaving next to no young wood.

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@misc{overmuch_2026,
  title = {overmuch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overmuch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}