"over-egged" meaning in All languages combined

See over-egged on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From the phrase over-egg the pudding; over- + egged. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|egged}} over- + egged Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=over-egged}} over-egged (not comparable)
  1. Overly embellished or exaggerated. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-over-egged-en-adj-eom4AY4O Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: overegged
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Etymology: From over-egg + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|over-egg|ed|nocat=1}} over-egg + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form|head=over-egged}} over-egged
  1. simple past and past participle of over-egg Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: over-egg
    Sense id: en-over-egged-en-verb-xB5zxV-2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: overegged
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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