over-expressive

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Definitions of over-expressive word

adjective over-expressive full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug. 1
adjective over-expressive serving to express; indicative of power to express: a look expressive of gratitude. 1
adjective over-expressive of, relating to, or concerned with expression: Dance is a highly expressive art. 1
adjective over-expressive Sociology. (of a crowd or group) engaging in nonpurposeful activity of an expressive and often rhythmic nature, as weeping, dancing, or shouting. Compare active (def 15), orgiastic (def 2). 1
adjective over-expressive Linguistics. of or relating to forms in which sounds denote a semantic field directly and nonarbitrarily, through sound symbolism based, to some degree, on synesthesia, as observable in onomatopoeia, rhyming and gradational compounds, and emotionally charged words such as hypocoristics and pejoratives. 1

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

1350-1400; Middle English < Middle French; see express, -ive

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adjective

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determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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