overgross

English

Etymology

over- +‎ gross

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈɡɹəʊs/

Adjective

overgross (comparative more overgross, superlative most overgross)

1. Excessively gross.
   • 1737-1742, Charles Dodd, The Church History of England from 1500 to 1688

     […] and to say we may not have images and call them idols, when they represent Christ and his saints, be overgross opinions to enter into your learned head, whatsoever the unlearned would tattle.

Verb

overgross (third-person singular simple present overgrosses, present participle overgrossing, simple past and past participle overgrossed)

1. (aviation, transitive) To load (a plane) with too much weight, thereby impairing its ability to fly.
   • 1999, Dana Stabenow, So Sure of Death, page 32:

     Not a problem. Not enough weight to overgross the plane.

   • 2010, CloudDancer, Clouddancer's Alaskan Chronicles, Volume III: The Tragedies, →ISBN:

     Unalakleet was the only good fuel stop available as my outbound load from Kotzebue for that long leg was already far overgrossing my poor 145 h.p. Cessna 172.