Meanings
comparative more overlarge · superlative most overlarge
- Excessively large; too big; oversize.
After a couple of years without pruning, the shrub had grown overlarge and completely obscured the window.
1 more example
The house felt overlarge and oversilent with just the two of us, but I was relishing the peace of the kitchen.
2020, Susan Isaacs, Takes One To Know One
comparative more overlarge · superlative most overlarge
- obsoleteToo extravagantly, overconfidently.
I will doo with her what me lyst said Palomydes / wete yow wel sayd that knyghte thou spekest ouer large / though thou semest me to haue at auauntage / by cause thow sawest me doo bataille but late
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxxxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishoverlarge
- Englishoverlarge
From Middle English overlarge, equivalent to over- + large.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
overlarge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlarge
“overlarge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlarge. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlarge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlarge.
Source: overlarge on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.