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EXCESSIVE

\ɛksˈɛsɪv], \ɛksˈɛsɪv], \ɛ_k_s_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_v]\

Definitions of EXCESSIVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Extreme; unreasonable; extravagant.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Superfluous; violent; immoderate.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

EXCESSIVENESS.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

EXCESSIVENESS.
Exceeding the proper amount or degree; immoderate; extreme.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

In excess; beyond the proper degree; immoderate.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Beyond any given or the common measure or proportion; beyond the bounds of justice, fitness, propriety, expedience, or utility; extravagant; unreasonable; vehement.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Beyond the common proportion of quantity or bulk; vehement beyond measure in kindness or dislike.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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