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oversauce

verb

Etymology

From over- + sauce.

  1. derived from salsus
  2. derived from *salsa✻
  3. derived from sause
  4. inherited from sauce
  5. prefixed as oversauce — “over + sauce”

Definitions

  1. To cover (food) with too much sauce.

    • I am not suggesting that we return to oversauced baked ziti with sausages, mozzarella-laden lasagna or spaghetti under three handball-size meatballs.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA