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Vinony

overfull

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Middle English overful, overfulle, from Old English oferfull (“overfull”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *uberfullaz; equivalent to over- + full. Cognate with German übervoll (“overfull”), Swedish överfull (“overfull”).

  1. excessively filled; full to overflowing

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English full house English overfull From over- + full house.

  1. A full house that beats someone else's full house.

    “[…] let's say the flop comes 9-9-8, with the open pair on top. One player has J-T-9-8 for the overfull—9s full of 8s for the nut full house—while another player has 8-8-7-6 for 8s full of 9s and the "underfull". The player with the underfull is both getting smashed and drawing dead.”