overwax

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ wax.

Verb

overwax (third-person singular simple present overwaxes, present participle overwaxing, simple past and past participle overwaxed)

1. (transitive) To apply too much wax to.

   an overwaxed floor

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To wax or grow too rapidly or too much.

References

• “overwax”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.