overmeasure

American  

[oh-ver-mezh-er] / ˈoʊ vərˌmɛʒ ər /

noun

1. an excessive or surplus measure or amount.

   an overmeasure of exuberance.

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Etymology

Origin of overmeasure

First recorded in 1575–85; over- + measure

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Example Sentences

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overmeasure

Then fell there joy and bliss in overmeasure that night upon both palaces of the Canal Grande.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Horatio Robert Forbes Brown

Society returns him good for evil in the most extravagant overmeasure.

From Bernard Shaw's Preface to Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw

What ails us to fear overmeasure, To praise thee with timorous breath, O mistress and mother of pleasure, The one thing as certain as death?

From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne

If any one thinks this is overmeasure of praise, let him look at the "Letter H" school, now become a type, and see what he thinks of it.

From The Battle with the Slum by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

How can you preach fasting, you, who wish to deluge me with such an overmeasure of sorrow?

From Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf

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