over-egged

See also: overegged

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From the phrase over-egg the pudding; over- +‎ egged.

Adjective

over-egged (not comparable)

  1. Overly embellished or exaggerated.
    • 2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      He talks a mile a minute in wildly over-egged adjectives and mainly looks after the business side of BrewDog: money, marketing, strategy.

Etymology 2

From over-egg +‎ -ed.

Verb

over-egged

  1. simple past and past participle of over-egg
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