excessiveadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈsɛsɪv/,

/ɛkˈsɛsɪv/, U.S.

/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/,

/ɛkˈsɛsɪv/

Forms: Middle English excessife, Middle English excessif, excessyfe, Middle English–1500s excessyve, 1500s ( accessive), excesseve, Middle English– excessive.

Etymology: < French excessif, -ive, as if < Latin *excēssīvus , < excēss- participial stem of excēdĕre : see exceed v.

A. adj. (and n.)

†1. Of persons or their actions: Transgressing the bounds of law, decency, or morality; outrageous, lawless, wrongful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective]

awlyc1200

grievousa1300

grilla1300

uglya1300

strongc1300

outrageousa1325

heinousc1374

excessive1393

curseda1400

fella1400

misshapenc1400

rankc1400

monstruousc1425

enorm1481

prodigiousc1487

villainous1489

nefand1490

sceleratea1513

monstrous1531

funestal1538

enormious1545

facinorous1548

flagitious1550

dire1567

bonable1575

felonious1575

bomination1589

unvenial?1589

heathenish1592

enormous1593

villainous1598

nameless1611

pitchy1612

funest1636

funestous1641

scarleta1643

nefandous1649

aversable1663

atrocious1669

frightful1700

flagrant1706

atrocea1734

diabolical1750

unspeakable1831

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked

deepOE

blackOE

outrageousa1325

heinousc1374

flagitiousc1384

excessive1393

rankc1400

enorm1481

prodigiousc1487

villainous1489

terriblec1510

sceleratea1513

monstrous1531

enormious1545

facinorous1548

monstruous1562

felonious1575

enormous1593

facinoriousa1616

rounda1638

scarlet1710

facinerose1727

atrocious1772

outraging1895

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 117 Thinges which are excessife Ayein the lawe, he shal nought do.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xcvij Certain ordinaunces, made by the Maire and Aldermen of London, against the excessiue takyng of Masons..and other laborers, for their daily iorneis.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 164 He made a law also the same time against the excessive takyng of Usurie by the Iewes.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 135 in Poems Those who before did Gods fair choice withstand Th'excessive Vulgar now to death demand.

2. Of qualities, states, actions, magnitudes, etc.

†a. In favourable or neutral sense: Exceeding what is usual; ‘surpassing’; exceedingly great.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective]

excess?a1400

excessive1477

excessful1633

excedent1660

superheated1831

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and remarkable

outnumenc1225

whata1325

outnemea1400

excessive1477

superiora1500

supernatural?1537

supereminent?1563

extraordinary1572

no mean ——1580

metaphysical1589

superhumana1629

uncommon1700

unco1724

some1808

hellacious1847

helluva1905

(a) hang of a1941

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 26 Wherfore were..ye so habondantly garnisshid so well of excessiue ande chief of all beaute.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. IIIi^v They come downe agayne to themselfe frome suche excessiue eleuacion or extasy.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §438 If Panicum be laid below and about the Bottom of a Root, it will cause the Root to grow to an Excessiue Bignesse.

1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. b3^v Water, can be easily drawn, an excessive and almost incredible height above its Centre.

b. Exceeding what is right, proportionate, or desirable; immoderate, inordinate, extravagant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree

overmeteeOE

unmeeteOE

unimeteOE

unmethelyOE

over-mickleOE

hoflesc1175

overmucha1300

unskilwisea1340

unskilfulc1370

luxuriousc1374

overseemingc1384

superfluec1384

unreasonablea1387

outrageousc1390

over-greatc1390

overlargec1390

overgrowna1398

unmeasurablea1398

unmoderatea1398

unordinatea1398

immoderate1398

rankc1400

overabundantc1410

excessivea1420

superabundant?a1425

unmeasureda1425

superfluousc1475

nimious?c1500

surfeitc1500

overliberala1535

torc1540

exceeding1548

distemperate1557

over-ranka1568

overswelling1582

accessive1583

overaboundinga1600

overteeming1603

excessful1633

overproportionated1647

superproportioned1652

over-proportioned1662

overproportionate1672

unduea1684

unequal1704

unmerciful1707

hypermetric1854

hypertrophied1879

over the top1980

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 450 A foule waste of clothe and excessyfe.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos (1890) xxviii. 110 A highe coloure ouer excessyue and dyshonneste.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 54 Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead, excessiue greefe the enemie to the liuing.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 36 Excessive desire of Revenge, when it becomes habituall, hurteth the organs.

1752 D. Hume Polit. Disc. x. 203 Excessive severity in the laws is apt to beget great relaxation in their execution.

1857 E. L. Birkett Bird's Urinary Deposits (ed. 5) 84 A man eats an excessive meal of meat, more than he can assimilate into healthy blood.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 681 A single night of excessive rain..left the rock of the Acropolis bare.

3. Of persons: Given to excess in anything; intemperate, extravagant. Now only with agent-nouns or predicatively with const. in.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adjective] > specifically of persons

unsufferablea1387

unmeasurablec1405

immoderatec1450

inordinatec1450

dissolutec1475

excessive1586

extravagant1600

painful1749

unforbearing1820

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 200 These excessiue fellowes neuer expect hunger, or thirst..but through intemperance preuent them.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 219 If a man worke but three daies in seuen, hee may get more than hee can spend vnlesse hee will bee exceedingly excessiue.

1663 A. Cowley Shortness Life in Ess. in Verse & Prose A man who is excessive in his pains and diligence.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 298 He is said to be at Table not excessive.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 182. ⁋2 Who is not excessive in the Discourse of what he extremely likes?

1894 N.E.D. at Excessive Mod. Avoid the company of excessive drinkers.

†4. Of expressions: Hyperbolical. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > extreme or excessive

excessive1555

flaming1609

wanton1680

flaring1820

ultra1827

over-strong1897

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vii. f. 127 They compare them in bignesse to elephantes..but this..by an excessyue kynde of speache.

5. Of climates: Characterized by extremes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > of or relating to climate > specific types of climate

excessive1830

insular1830

oceanic1849

continental1865

marine1865

Mediterranean1888

maritime1939

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 107 There are..excessive climates, as they have been termed, where the temperature of winter and summer is strongly contrasted.

†6. as n. Something excessive; an extravagance. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > that which is superfluous

superfluec1400

corollary1603

redundancy1612

excessive1644

gash1937

1644 H. Parker Jus Populi 49 Great Monarchies are monstrous excessives in Nature.

†B. adv.

= excessively adv. Obsolete; very common in 17–18th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb]

overlyOE

overswitheOE

over-micklec1230

overmucha1382

over-measurea1387

overdonec1390

overlargelyc1390

overfara1400

superflue?a1425

overgatea1450

overdonelyc1450

over-highlyc1454

excessivelyc1460

superfluously1528

stinkingly1545

excessive1569

over-greatly1599

unmercifully1611

overgrownly1668

extravagantlya1715

preponderously1835

faultily1855

1569 G. Turberville Epit. & Sonn. (1837) 366 Ye are excessiue proude.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 216 The Sea at the brinke of this Ile is excessiue deepe.

a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 102 Mr. Lane grew excessive angry.

1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man ii. 24 His manner..was excessive harmless.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 345 The night most excessive dark.

1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 395 This would be an excessive long chapter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	excessive
释义	excessiveadj.n.adv. Brit. /ᵻkˈsɛsɪv/, /ɛkˈsɛsɪv/, U.S. /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/, /ɛkˈsɛsɪv/ Forms: Middle English excessife, Middle English excessif, excessyfe, Middle English–1500s excessyve, 1500s ( accessive), excesseve, Middle English– excessive. Etymology: < French excessif, -ive, as if < Latin excēssīvus , < excēss-* participial stem of excēdĕre : see exceed v. A. adj. (and n.) †1. Of persons or their actions: Transgressing the bounds of law, decency, or morality; outrageous, lawless, wrongful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective] awlyc1200 grievousa1300 grilla1300 uglya1300 strongc1300 outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 excessive1393 curseda1400 fella1400 misshapenc1400 rankc1400 monstruousc1425 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 nefand1490 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 funestal1538 enormious1545 facinorous1548 flagitious1550 dire1567 bonable1575 felonious1575 bomination1589 unvenial?1589 heathenish1592 enormous1593 villainous1598 nameless1611 pitchy1612 funest1636 funestous1641 scarleta1643 nefandous1649 aversable1663 atrocious1669 frightful1700 flagrant1706 atrocea1734 diabolical1750 unspeakable1831 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked deepOE blackOE outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 flagitiousc1384 excessive1393 rankc1400 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 terriblec1510 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 enormious1545 facinorous1548 monstruous1562 felonious1575 enormous1593 facinoriousa1616 rounda1638 scarlet1710 facinerose1727 atrocious1772 outraging1895 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 117 Thinges which are excessife Ayein the lawe, he shal nought do. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xcvij Certain ordinaunces, made by the Maire and Aldermen of London, against the excessiue takyng of Masons..and other laborers, for their daily iorneis. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 164 He made a law also the same time against the excessive takyng of Usurie by the Iewes. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 135 in Poems Those who before did Gods fair choice withstand Th'excessive Vulgar now to death demand. 2. Of qualities, states, actions, magnitudes, etc. †a. In favourable or neutral sense: Exceeding what is usual; ‘surpassing’; exceedingly great. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] excess?a1400 excessive1477 excessful1633 excedent1660 superheated1831 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and remarkable outnumenc1225 whata1325 outnemea1400 excessive1477 superiora1500 supernatural?1537 supereminent?1563 extraordinary1572 no mean ——1580 metaphysical1589 superhumana1629 uncommon1700 unco1724 some1808 hellacious1847 helluva1905 (a) hang of a1941 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 26 Wherfore were..ye so habondantly garnisshid so well of excessiue ande chief of all beaute. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. IIIi^v They come downe agayne to themselfe frome suche excessiue eleuacion or extasy. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §438 If Panicum be laid below and about the Bottom of a Root, it will cause the Root to grow to an Excessiue Bignesse. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. b3^v Water, can be easily drawn, an excessive and almost incredible height above its Centre. b. Exceeding what is right, proportionate, or desirable; immoderate, inordinate, extravagant. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree overmeteeOE unmeeteOE unimeteOE unmethelyOE over-mickleOE hoflesc1175 overmucha1300 unskilwisea1340 unskilfulc1370 luxuriousc1374 overseemingc1384 superfluec1384 unreasonablea1387 outrageousc1390 over-greatc1390 overlargec1390 overgrowna1398 unmeasurablea1398 unmoderatea1398 unordinatea1398 immoderate1398 rankc1400 overabundantc1410 excessivea1420 superabundant?a1425 unmeasureda1425 superfluousc1475 nimious?c1500 surfeitc1500 overliberala1535 torc1540 exceeding1548 distemperate1557 over-ranka1568 overswelling1582 accessive1583 overaboundinga1600 overteeming1603 excessful1633 overproportionated1647 superproportioned1652 over-proportioned1662 overproportionate1672 unduea1684 unequal1704 unmerciful1707 hypermetric1854 hypertrophied1879 over the top1980 a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 450 A foule waste of clothe and excessyfe. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos (1890) xxviii. 110 A highe coloure ouer excessyue and dyshonneste. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 54 Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead, excessiue greefe the enemie to the liuing. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 36 Excessive desire of Revenge, when it becomes habituall, hurteth the organs. 1752 D. Hume Polit. Disc. x. 203 Excessive severity in the laws is apt to beget great relaxation in their execution. 1857 E. L. Birkett Bird's Urinary Deposits (ed. 5) 84 A man eats an excessive meal of meat, more than he can assimilate into healthy blood. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 681 A single night of excessive rain..left the rock of the Acropolis bare. 3. Of persons: Given to excess in anything; intemperate, extravagant. Now only with agent-nouns or predicatively with const. in. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adjective] > specifically of persons unsufferablea1387 unmeasurablec1405 immoderatec1450 inordinatec1450 dissolutec1475 excessive1586 extravagant1600 painful1749 unforbearing1820 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 200 These excessiue fellowes neuer expect hunger, or thirst..but through intemperance preuent them. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 219 If a man worke but three daies in seuen, hee may get more than hee can spend vnlesse hee will bee exceedingly excessiue. 1663 A. Cowley Shortness Life in Ess. in Verse & Prose A man who is excessive in his pains and diligence. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 298 He is said to be at Table not excessive. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 182. ⁋2 Who is not excessive in the Discourse of what he extremely likes? 1894 N.E.D. at Excessive Mod. Avoid the company of excessive drinkers. †4. Of expressions: Hyperbolical. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > extreme or excessive excessive1555 flaming1609 wanton1680 flaring1820 ultra1827 over-strong1897 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vii. f. 127 They compare them in bignesse to elephantes..but this..by an excessyue kynde of speache. 5. Of climates: Characterized by extremes. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > of or relating to climate > specific types of climate excessive1830 insular1830 oceanic1849 continental1865 marine1865 Mediterranean1888 maritime1939 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 107 There are..excessive climates, as they have been termed, where the temperature of winter and summer is strongly contrasted. †6. as n. Something excessive; an extravagance. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > that which is superfluous superfluec1400 corollary1603 redundancy1612 excessive1644 gash1937 1644 H. Parker Jus Populi 49 Great Monarchies are monstrous excessives in Nature. †B. adv. = excessively adv. Obsolete; very common in 17–18th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] overlyOE overswitheOE over-micklec1230 overmucha1382 over-measurea1387 overdonec1390 overlargelyc1390 overfara1400 superflue?a1425 overgatea1450 overdonelyc1450 over-highlyc1454 excessivelyc1460 superfluously1528 stinkingly1545 excessive1569 over-greatly1599 unmercifully1611 overgrownly1668 extravagantlya1715 preponderously1835 faultily1855 1569 G. Turberville Epit. & Sonn. (1837) 366 Ye are excessiue proude. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 216 The Sea at the brinke of this Ile is excessiue deepe. a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 102 Mr. Lane grew excessive angry. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man ii. 24 His manner..was excessive harmless. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 345 The night most excessive dark. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 395 This would be an excessive long chapter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.adv.1393
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