Etymology

overcruel

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Today it means: overly or excessively cruel Full definition →

Middle English overcruel
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromovercruel
  2. English todayovercruel

From Middle English overcruel, equivalent to over- + cruel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.