overstuffed

American  

[oh-ver-stuhft] / ˈoʊ vərˌstʌft /

adjective

1. stuffed or filled to excess.

2. Furniture. having the entire frame covered by stuffing and upholstery, so that only decorative woodwork or the like is exposed.

   an overstuffed sofa.

3. filled with tedious or extraneous material; overlong.

   an overstuffed biography.

4. obese; corpulent.

   an overstuffed man who was a compulsive eater.

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Etymology

Origin of overstuffed

First recorded in 1920–25; overstuff + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Heaving her overstuffed carpetbag up onto the bench across from me, I undid the clasp.

From Literature

Yet this crowded race, which is overstuffed with well-funded candidates equipped to go the distance, might be won with as little as 15% of the primary electorate.

From Salon

Fortunately, the orchestra, under Mr. Armiliato’s astute leadership, did better than the overstuffed staging in making that point clear.

From The Wall Street Journal

Both the meal and the conversation had been a great deal to absorb, and she was feeling quite overstuffed, in head, heart, and tummy.

From Literature

The Times’ Joshua Rothkopf called it a “wildly ambitious, overstuffed city epic.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• corpulent
• obese
• pudgy