Definition of excessive

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Excessive (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch..

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Rage :: Rage (n.) The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage..
Thoroughpin :: Thoroughpin (n.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through..
Strait :: Straint (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.
Egoistical :: Egoistical (a.) Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving.
Cinchonism :: Cinchonism (n.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc..
Solarization :: Solarization (n.) Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.
Convulse :: Convulse (v. t.) To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain..
Hairsplitting :: Hairsplitting (a.) Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.
Exorbitant :: Exorbitant (a.) Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims..
Overlabor :: Overlabor (v. t.) To cause to labor excessively; to overwork.
Ptyalism :: Ptyalism (n.) Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva..
Overstrict :: Overstrict (a.) Excessively strict.
Overlabor :: Overlabor (v. t.) To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.
Maudlin :: Maudlin (a.) Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.
Forwaked :: Forwaked (p. p. & a.) Tired out with excessive waking or watching.
Parsimony :: Parsimony (n.) Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
Hyperpyrexia :: Hyperpyrexia (n.) A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Woundy :: Woundy (adv.) Excessively; extremely.
Devil :: Devil (n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper..
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