excessive
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle English excessive, excessif, from Old French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus.
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excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)
- Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
- Putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute seems rather excessive.
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- See also Thesaurus:excessive
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TranslationsEdit
exceeding the bounds of something
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FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
excessive
InterlinguaEdit
AdjectiveEdit
excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)
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LatinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
excessīve