English Explanatory Dictionary

overaggressive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Overly aggressive; of a personality, action or behavior having excessive aggression.

Word forms

overaggressive more overaggressive most overaggressive

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- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive English overaggressive From over- + aggressive.

Derived words

overaggressively overaggressiveness
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