EXCESSIVE

excessive. Excessive, a. exceeding just bounds, vehement

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Ex‐cess″ive (ĕk‐sĕs″ĭv), a. [[Cf. F. excessif.]] Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief the enemy to the living. Shak. Syn. — Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous —Ex‐cess‐ive‐ly, adv. -Ex‐cess″ive‐ness, n.