overstuffed

[oh-ver-stuhft]

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adjective

stuffed or filled to excess.

Furniture. having the entire frame covered by stuffing and upholstery, so that only decorative woodwork or the like is exposed: an overstuffed sofa.

filled with tedious or extraneous material; overlong: an overstuffed biography.

obese; corpulent: an overstuffed man who was a compulsive eater.

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Origin:
1920–25; overstuff + -ed²

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verb (used with object)

to force too much into: If you overstuff your suitcase, the fastenings may not hold.

Furniture. to cover completely with deep upholstery.

Origin:
1935–40; over- + stuff

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overstuffed

of furniture, "completely covered with a thick layer of stuffing," 1904, from over + pp. of stuff (v.).

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