OVERGENEROUS

lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting

(adjective) very generous; “distributed gifts with a lavish hand”; “the critics were lavish in their praise”; “a munificent gift”; “his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent”; “prodigal praise”; “unsparing generosity”; “his unstinted devotion”; “called for unstinting aid to Britain”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

overgenerous (comparative more overgenerous, superlative most overgenerous)

generous to an excessive degree

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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