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excessive

adj
/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English excessive, excessif, from Old French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus, equivalent to excess + -ive.

  1. derived from excessivus
  2. derived from excessif
  3. inherited from excessive

Definitions

  1. Exceeding the usual bounds of something

    Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate.

    • The movie's excessive use of special effects distracted from the plot.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at excessive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at excessive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at excessive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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