overapt

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adjective

Excessively apt or prone to do something.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverapt (comparative more overapt, superlative most overapt)

comparative more overapt · superlative most overapt

  1. Excessively apt or prone to do something.

    She was high-minded, generous, affectionate, and naturally gentle; but she was wilful, overapt to be hurried away by the impulse of the moment, and impatient of control; […]

    1845, Walter Campbell, The Old Forest Ranger: Or, Wild Sports of India, page 237

Origin

From over- + apt.

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APA

overapt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overapt

MLA

“overapt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overapt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overapt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overapt.

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