Overlarge

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əʊvəˈlɑːdÊ’/

Origin

From - + large.

Full definition of overlarge

Adjective

1. Excessively large; too big; oversize.After a couple of years without pruning, the shrub had grown overlarge and completely obscured the window.

Adverb

1. (obsolete) Too extravagantly, overconfidently.
• 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:‘Wyte thou well,’ seyde that knyght, ‘thou spekyst over large, thoughe thou semyst thou haste me at avauntage bycause thou sawyst me do batayle but late.’