soverchio

• IPA^(key): /soˈvɛr.kjo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrkjo
• Hyphenation: so‧vèr‧chio

From Vulgar Latin *superculum. Compare Sicilian superchiu.

• soperchio, superchio (obsolete)

soverchio (feminine soverchia, masculine plural soverchi, feminine plural soverchie) (literary)

1. excessive, overwhelming, over-

   Synonyms: eccessivo, esagerato

   • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “LXXIII — Poi che per mio destino”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 4–8; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:

     Amor ch’ a ciò m’invoglia,
     Sia la mia scorta e ’nsegnimi ’l cammino,
     E col desio le mie rime contempre;
     Ma non in guisa che lo cor si stempre
     Di soverchia dolcezza

     May Love, who creates my longing, be my guide, and show me the road, and let my verse match my desire: but not so that the heart may be out of tune through overwhelming sweetness

2. superfluous

   Synonym: superfluo

• soverchiamente
• soverchiare

• sopra
• soverchiatore
• soverchieria

soverchio m (uncountable) (literary)

1. excess

   Synonym: eccesso

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXV”, in Inferno ‎, lines 127–129; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata ‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     ciò che non corse in dietro e si ritenne
     di quel soverchio, fé naso a la faccia
     e le labbra ingrossò quanto convenne.

     What did not backward run and was retained of that excess made to the face a nose, and the lips thickened far as was befitting.

2. abuse, oppression

   Synonyms: sopraffazione, soverchieria

soverchio

1. (literary) too, too much, excessively

   Synonyms: eccessivamente, (literary) soverchiamente, troppo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

soverchio

1. first-person singular present indicative of soverchiare

• soverchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana