Etymology

overheap

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Today it means: To heap too high; heap up excessively; supply too much of. Full definition →

Middle English overhepen
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromoverhepen“to give overabundantly; exaggerate”
  2. English todayoverheap

From Middle English overhepen (“to give overabundantly; exaggerate”), equivalent to over- + heap.

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