overactivity

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noun

Excessive activity

OriginEnglish activity ← Middle French activité ← Latin āctīvitās →
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Meanings

nounoveractivity (countable and uncountable, plural overactivities)

plural overactivities

  1. countableuncountableExcessive activity

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  9. Proto-Italic*agō
  10. Latinagō
  11. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  12. Latināctīvus
  13. Latināctīvitās
  14. Middle Frenchactivité
  15. Englishactivity
  16. Englishoveractivity

From over- + activity.

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APA

overactivity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overactivity

MLA

“overactivity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overactivity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overactivity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overactivity.

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