oversprinkle

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ sprinkle.

Pronunciation

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Verb

oversprinkle (third-person singular simple present oversprinkles, present participle oversprinkling, simple past and past participle oversprinkled)

1. (transitive) To sprinkle over.
2. (transitive, nonce word) To be sprinkled over (something).
   • 1849, Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells:

     While the stars that oversprinkle / All the heavens seem to twinkle / With a crystalline delight.