excessive

From Middle English excessive, excessif, from Old French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus.

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
• Homophone: exessive

excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)

The jewel chest of Louis XIV (from 1676) has excessive ornamentation even for Baroque art

1. Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

   Putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute seems rather excessive.

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

• insufficient
• deficient

• ultra-excessive
• excessive number

• exceed
• excess

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.sɛ.siv/, /ɛk.se.siv/

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excessive

1. feminine singular of excessif

excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)

1. excessive

• excesso

excessīve

1. vocative masculine singular of excessīvus