great
adjective
unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions.
overgreat
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a word derived from
great.
Example Sentences
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A vague sadness touches his mood, and this pensive moment goes far toward gaining back to him the sympathy which his overgreat sturdiness in dealing death had perhaps forfeited.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
In practical use this overgreat sensibility proves to be a fault.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various
For when the way of pleasuring, and displeasuring, lieth by the favorite, it is impossible any other should be overgreat.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon
She flatters him, feeds his vanity, already overgreat, and consistently keeps out of view her own woman's feelings.
From Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) by Pierce Butler
In the New Testament the overgreat emphasis which he thought James placed on works as against faith caused him to depreciate this Epistle and to question its apostolic authorship.
From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau
