overmany
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English over-many, overmany, ovyrmany; equivalent to over- + many. Compare overmuch.
Pronoun
[edit]overmany
- Too many.
- 1580, Gabriel Harvey, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Have we not God hys wrath, for Goddes wrath, and a thousand of the same stampe, wherein the corrupte orthography in the most hath been the sole or principal cause of corrupte prosodye in overmany?
- 2012, Nigel Tranter, Lion's Whelp:
- “Now, nominations for the council – but not over-many,” the Chancellor moved.