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Etymology

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over- +‎ mighty

Adjective

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overmighty (comparative more overmighty, superlative most overmighty)

  1. Excessively mighty.
    • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 356:
      Under Selim and his successors, the Ottoman empire was still expanding and, thanks to vast resources and superb bureaucracy, it remained awesomely powerful for another century– but its emperors soon struggled to control distant provinces ruled by overmighty governors and Jerusalem's tranquillity was periodically shattered by bouts of violence.