oversuperlative

English

Etymology

over- +‎ superlative

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvəsuːˈpɜː.lə.tɪv/, /ˈəʊvəsjuːˈpɜː.lə.tɪv/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊvɚsuˈpɝː.lə.tɪv/
• Hyphenation: ov‧er‧su‧per‧la‧tive

Adjective

oversuperlative (not comparable)

1. (rare) Overly superlative; of excessive superlativeness.
   • 1948, A Garland of Tributes: Homage to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Volume 1‎^[1], page 45:

     Such a statement can hardly be said to be oversuperlative considering his life-time devoted to a profound study of Eastern and Western civilization, to philosophical disquisitions in a prolific stream of books, and to extensive lecturing.

   • 1962, Anglica Germanica, Volume 3‎^[2], page 143:

     Although Kempe's expressions are perhaps oversuperlative as one would expect from a laudatory poem of this kind, these qualities really were Haak's and the only one mentioned in the poem which one might is his statesmanship ("Und was einem Staatsman mehr/Vor ----- als ein Orakel ---- stellet/ Scheinet in Euch vergesellet"! Kempe is obviously happy to have made Haak's acquiantance, to have been introduced by him to the Royal Society and to have its work explained to him, and he ends with the request that he shall be allowed to join the band of friends who are linked with Haak by correspondence.

   • 2007 April 6, Slander, Red13JoePa, “YOUTUBE Link To Survivor On Dancing With The Stars”, in forums.melodicrock.com‎^[3]:

     From the typically oversuperlative way Frankie describes the current lineup and McCauley in particular it seems to me his mind was made up to do the McCauley thing as kind of an indulgence of a pet project: ie:^[sic] really digs my man, has wanted for a while to see what survivor would be like with him, will have a 2-3 year MAYBE 1 album trial and if it's a failure we'll be reading the praises of Dave again or about how Jimi is "Golden Throat" again.