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overfull

Overfull (adj) means excessively filled; full to overflowing.

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excessively filled; full to overflowing
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Etymology

From Middle English overful, overfulle, from Old English oferfull (“overfull”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *uberfullaz; equivalent to over- + full. Cognate with German übervoll (“overfull”), Swedish överfull (“overfull”).

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"overfull" (adj) means excessively filled; full to overflowing.

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