English Explanatory Dictionary

overfull

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. excessively filled; full to overflowing
noun
  1. A full house that beats someone else's full house.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overfull.wav

Word forms

overfull overful overfulls

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”).

Antonyms

underfull

Related words

overfill

Derived words

overfully overfullness
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