Etymology

overgrievous

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Today it means: Excessively grievous. Full definition →

Middle English ovyr-grevous
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromovyr-grevous
  2. English todayovergrievous

From Middle English ovyr-grevous; equivalent to over- + grievous.

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