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- Dictionaryover-elaborate/ˌəʊvə(r)ɪˈlab(ə)rət/
adjective
- 1. excessively elaborate: "a courtly, over-elaborate speech"
verb
- 1. explain or treat in excessive detail: "if they don't over-elaborate the story I don't question it"
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to add too much information about something you have said, or to explain it too much: I don't question what they say as long as they don't over-elaborate the story. She does overelaborate from time to time and try to be too clever. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of OVERELABORATE is excessively elaborate. How to use overelaborate in a sentence.
1. excessively or fussily elaborate, ornate, detailed, etc. transitive verb. 2. to render or present with excessive or fussy detail. He so overelaborates his jokes that they lose their humor. intransitive verb. 3. to add excessive details, as in writing or speaking.
the addition of too much information, too much careful detail, or too many detailed parts: In my opinion, his new song suffers from over-elaboration. She manages to avoid any literary overelaboration. Fewer examples. He is confident enough to write with a direct prose that needs no over-elaboration. Much art nouveau tends towards over-elaboration.
Overelaborate definition: excessively or fussily elaborate, ornate, detailed, etc.. See examples of OVERELABORATE used in a sentence.
He put the call through with an over-elaborate confidence which he angrily recognized as an attempt to deceive himself. Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins Denise's plan, a good one in many respects, had the fault of being over-elaborate.
overelaborate. adj. excessively ornate, detailed, or complex. vb. ( tr) to detail or develop (an idea, plan, etc) excessively. ˌovereˌlaboˈration n. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014.
