Excessive

Ex-cess′ive

(ĕk-sĕs′ĭv)

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Adj.

[Cf. F.

excessif

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Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

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Ex-cess-ive-ly

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adv.

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Ex-cess′ive-ness

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Noun.

Excessive

EXCESS'IVE

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Adj.

Beyond any given degree, measure or limit, or beyond the common measure or proportion; as the excessive bulk of a man; excessive labor; excessive wages.

1.

Beyond the established laws of morality and religion, or beyond the bounds of justice, fitness, propriety, expedience or utility; as excessive indulgence of any kind.

Excessive bail shall not be required.

2.

Extravagant; unreasonable. His expenditures of money were excessive.

3.

Vehement; violent; as excessive passion.

excessive

English

Adjective

excessive ‎(comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)

Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
"I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive, nay even stupid."

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excessive number

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exceeding the bounds of something

Arabic: زَائِد ‎(zāʾid), مُبَالِغ ‎(mubāliḡ)
Armenian: ավելորդ (hy) ‎(avelord)
Bulgarian: прекален (bg) ‎(prekalen)
Catalan: excessiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 過度 (zh), 过度 (zh) ‎(guòdù), 過分 (zh), 过分 (zh) ‎(guòfèn)
Czech: nadměrný m
Dutch: overmatig (nl)
Esperanto: troa, ekscesa
French: excessif (fr)
Georgian: ზედმეტი ‎(zedmeṭi), მეტისმეტი ‎(meṭismeṭi), გადაჭარბებული ‎(gadač̣arbebuli), ზომაგადასული ‎(zomagadasuli), უზომო ‎(uzomo), ჭარბი ‎(č̣arbi), გადამეტებული ‎(gadameṭebuli)
German: übermäßig (de), exzessiv (de)
Greek: υπερβολικός (el) m ‎(ypervolikós), υπέρμετρος (el) m ‎(ypérmetros)
Hungarian: túlzott (hu)

Icelandic: óhóflegur (is)
Italian: eccessivo (it)
Japanese: 過度の (ja) ‎(かどの, kado-no)
Korean: 과도의 (ko) ‎(gwado-ui)
Latin: nimius
Maori: tuhene, inati
Norwegian:

Bokmål: overdreven

Nynorsk: overdriven
Polish: nadmierny (pl), wygórowany (pl) m
Portuguese: excessivo (pt)
Romanian: excesiv (ro), excesivă f
Russian: ли́шний (ru) ‎(líšnij), изли́шний (ru) ‎(izlíšnij), чрезме́рный (ru) ‎(črezmérnyj), избы́точный (ru) ‎(izbýtočnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: anabarrach
Spanish: excesivo (es)
Swedish: överdriven (sv)
Tagalog: labis (tl)

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

excessive

feminine singular of excessif

Latin

Adjective

excessive

vocative masculine singular of excessivus

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Excessive

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Excessive

EXCESS'IVE

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