overargumentative

adjective

Excessively argumentative.

OriginEnglish argumentative ← Middle English argumentatif ← Medieval Latin argūmentātīvus →
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Meanings

adjectiveoverargumentative (comparative more overargumentative, superlative most overargumentative)

comparative more overargumentative · superlative most overargumentative

  1. Excessively argumentative.

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*h₂erǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  9. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  10. Latinarguō
  11. Latinargūmentum
  12. Latinargūmentor
  13. Medieval Latinargūmentātīvus
  14. Middle Englishargumentatif
  15. Englishargumentative
  16. Englishoverargumentative

From over- + argumentative.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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