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overblown

[oh-ver-blohn]

Origin

adjective

overdone or excessive: overblown praise.

of unusually large size or proportions: a majestic, overblown figure.

overinflated; turgid; bombastic; pretentious: overblown prose.

verb

past participle of overblow.

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Origin:
1590–1600; over- + blown¹

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adjective

(of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.

Origin:
1610–20; over- + blown²

verb (used with object)

to give excessive importance or value to: to overblow one's own writing.

to overinflate.

to blow over the surface of, as the wind, sand, or the like: dead leaves overblowing the yard.

to blow (a wind instrument or an organ pipe) in such a way as to produce overtones.

verb (used without object)

to overblow a wind instrument.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see over-, blow²

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overblown (ˌəʊvəˈbləʊn)

—*adj*
1.	overdone or excessive
2.	bombastic; turgid: overblown prose
3.	(of flowers, such as the rose) past the stage of full bloom

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Word Origin & History

overblown

1471, "blown over, passed away," from verb overblow (c.1385), from over + blow. Meaning "inflated, puffed up" (with vanity, etc.) is from 1864.