EXCESSIVE, EXCESSIVELY
ADJECTIVES
1374 — LUXURIOUS outrageous, extravagant, excessive; also, passionately desirous after something → obs.
1483 — RAMPING of persons, their actions, etc.: violent, extravagant, unrestrained, excessive
1485 — NIMIOUS extravagant, excessive, over-much → obs.
1540 — IMMORTAL superhuman, inhuman, excessive → obs.
1573 — EGREGIOUS remarkable in a bad sense; gross, flagrant, outrageous, extravagant, excessive
1651 — TRABOCCANT superabundant; excessive, superfluous → obs.
1660 — DEADLY excessive, terrible, awful → colloq.
1671 — FURIOUS excessive, extravagant
..19C — OVERITIOUS excessive, intolerable → Sc.
..19C — OVER THE SCORE excessive; unfair → colloq.
1825 — ODIOUS very big, great, excessive, intense, out of the ordinary; strange, wonderful → Sc.
.M19 — EVERLASTING exceeding, excessive, very → US sl.
1856 — ALL-TO-PIECES thoroughgoing; excessive → Amer. dial.
1859 — SIBYLLINE excessive, exorbitant
1871 — TEARING very great, excessive → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1884 — UNACCOUNTABLE remarkable, unusual; excessive → Eng. dial.
1887 — DESPERATE great, excessive → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1893 — FLARING excessive → colloq. (Bk.)
1898 — BITTER great, excessive → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — BOUNCING exaggerated; excessive, big → Amer. dial.
1905 — UNHINE — UNHYNE excessive, immense; generally used in a bad sense → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1905 — UNMERCIFUL excessive, extreme → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YETERIE — YETRIE severe, excessive, tormenting → Sc. (Bk.)
1935 — OUT OF ORDER unacceptable, excessive, in bad taste; said of people, behaviour, etc. → sl.
1942 — ON THE CUFF beyond what is appropriate or conventional; excessive → NZ
1950 — OFF ONE’S ROCK acting excessively, although not necessarily madly → sl.
1950 — OFF ONE’S ROCKER acting excessively, although not necessarily madly → sl.
1980 — RAD-O a general intensifier; extreme, excessive, very much, excellent, best → sl., orig. US teen
2000 — ALAN BORDER of events, behaviour, or people: unacceptable, excessive, in bad taste → rhyming sl. for ‘out of order’
2000 — BLOWN-UP excessive, impressive → US students’ sl.
2007 — BIG FUCK-OFF enormous, excessive, impressive → sl. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
..888 — SWITHLY strongly, forcibly; very greatly, extremely, excessively → obs.
..971 — SWITH strongly, forcibly; very greatly, very much, extremely, excessively → obs.
1542 — VENGEABLE exceedingly, greatly, very, extremely; excessively → obs.
1548 — MURRAINLY exceedingly, excessively, confoundedly → obs.
1565 — AD NAUSEAM to a tiresomely excessive degree; to a sickening or nauseating extent
1575 — MURRAIN exceedingly, excessively, confoundedly → obs.
1621 — DEADLILY in a deadly manner; mortally, fatally; excessively
1688 — DEADLY excessively, exceedingly, extremely, very
..L17 — OFF THE HOOKS excessively → sl.
1833 — ALL-FIREDLY excessively, thoroughly → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1844 — UNDEEMOUSLY excessively → Sc.
1845 — BLAMED confoundedly, excessively
1854 — LIKE FIVE HUNDRED very much, excessively → Amer. dial.
1874 — UNACCOUNTABLY excessively → Eng. dial.
1881 — MIRACULOUS excessively, very → Sc.
1884 — SCANDALOUS very, exceedingly, excessively → Eng. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1889 — EVERLASTINGLY very, extremely, immeasurably, excessively; damned → Amer. dial.
1898 — BITTERLY excessively → Eng. dial.
..L19 — OFF THE BOARDS excessively, to a great extent → US sl.
1905 — OVER AND ABOVE excessively → Amer. dial.
1963 — UP THE ASS in excess; in great number or amount → Amer. sl.
1969 — OUT THE ASS in excessive quantity; to an excessive degree; also, no good, reprehensible → Amer. sl.
1970 — OUT THE ASSHOLE in excessive quantity; to an excessive degree → Amer. sl.
1976 — UP THE YING YANG to excess → US sl.
1994 — OUT THE YING YANG to excess → US sl.
NOUNS
..18C — LICKER anything excessive in size, degree, quality → Brit. sl.
1893 — TALL ORDER an excessive demand; a difficult thing to achieve → US sl.
1928 — BALLYHOO excessive noise, fuss, publicity, etc. → sl., orig. US
1945 — EGG IN YOUR BEER too much of a good thing → World War II Amer. sl.
1970 — BLOOTER a failure, a mess; an instance of excessive behaviour → UK sl.
1996 — CHRISTER anything excessive or unrestrained → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
1880 — THAT BEATS THE BAND that beats everything; that’s remarkable or excessive
VERBS
1910 — PLAY OFFSIDE to act excessively → Aust. & NZ sl.
1970 — O.D. — OH-DEE to act excessively, without restraint, to be greedy → sl.
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