overfull

[ oh-ver-fool ]

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adjective

excessively full: The auditorium was overfull.

Origin of overfull

before 1000; Middle English; Old English oferfull.See over-, full¹

Other words from overfull

o·ver·full·ness, noun

Words Nearby overfull

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How to use overfull in a sentence

It would seem that Samuel Clemens's cup of remorse must be always overfull.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
My brains are soaked like an overfull sponge: they can contain no more this morning.
The Tour | Louis Couperus
An overfull bladder has been mistaken for an ovarian cyst and been punctured with a trocar before the mistake was discovered.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) | Various
overfull of life as my wild garden patch was, it would not have kept its (human) possessor very long from starvation.
A Rambler's lease | Bradford Torrey
It was growing late—we were very tired and were overfull of undigested story and tangled chronology.
The Ship Dwellers | Albert Bigelow Paine

British Dictionary definitions for overfull

overfull

/ (ˌəʊvəˈfʊl) /

adjective

excessively full; overflowing

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