excessive
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The jewel chest of Louis XIV (from 1676) has excessive ornamentation even for Baroque art
English
Etymology
From Middle English excessive, excessif, from Old French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
- Homophone: exessive
Adjective
excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)
- Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
- Putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute seems rather excessive.
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Translations
exceeding the bounds of something
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
excessive
Interlingua
Adjective
excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)
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Latin
Adjective
excessīve