overmuch
adverb
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adj
Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”).
- Excessive.
“[…]it is good to be applyed to womens breaſts, that grow ſore by the aboundance of milke comming into them: as alſo to repreſſe the overmuch bleeding of the hemorrhoids, to coole the Inflammations of the parts thereabouts, and to give eaſe of paines:[…].”
“Our Palates like the Seaſoning and Cookery they are ſet to, and an over much Uſe of Salt, beſides that it occaſions thirſt, and over-much Drinking, has other ill Effects upon the Body.”
adv
Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, equivalent to over- + much.
- Too much; overly much
“Some readers do not care overmuch for poetry.”
“O, he hath kept an evil diet long, / And overmuch consumed his royal person:”
det
Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”).
- Very much; too much; overly much.
“So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.”
“If we met with accidents, such as losing canoes and men in the rapids, or losing men in encounters with Indians, or if we encountered overmuch fever and dysentery, the loads would lighten themselves.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from the adjective.
- An excessive amount; too much.
“They had felled too freely here; the sawmills had taken over-much, leaving next to no young wood.”
“If citizens hear overmuch of the bliss of others, it galls the secrecy of their hearts.”