English Explanatory Dictionary

overspeak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To exceed in speaking.
  2. To speak too much; to use too many words.

Word forms

overspeak overspeaks overspeaking overspoke overspoken

Etymology

From Middle English *overspeken, from Old English ofersprecan (“to say too much”), equivalent to over- + speak.

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