OVERPICTURE

Etymology

Verb

overpicture (third-person singular simple present overpictures, present participle overpicturing, simple past and past participle overpictured)

(transitive, obsolete) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*pic"ture, v. t.

Definition: To surpass nature in the picture or representation of. [Obs.] "O'erpicturing that Venus." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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26 February 2025

ACRIMONIOUS

(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; ā€œan acrimonious disputeā€; ā€œbitter about the divorceā€


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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