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Overindulgence

Definition: Overindulgence

Overindulgence

Noun

1. Excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "overindulgence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references)


Synonym: Overindulgence

Synonym: excess (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Overindulgence

English words defined with "overindulgence": abstemiouslytemperately. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Overindulgence

DomainTitle

Books

  • I Refuse to Raise a Brat: Straightforward Advice on Parenting in an Age of Overindulgence (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Overindulgence

"Overindulgence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Overindulgence" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%9117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Overindulgence

Language Translations for "overindulgence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zmadhim i tepërt, shtim i tepërt, abuzim (abuse, malversation, misuse). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فرط في الأكل, ‏فرط (excess, overabundance, overdo, overplus, plethora), ‏حلم (clemency, dream, forbearance, indulgence, longanimity, patience, tolerance, toleration), ‏تجاوز الحد (overdo, run over, run over smth., trespass), ‏أسرف (flirt, hand out, ladle, strain a point), ‏أشبع كل نزواته. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

разглезване, глезя прекалено, преяждане (gluttony, gorge), прекаляване (excess). (various references)

   

Czech

  

přílišné hovìní, nadmìrná shovívavost. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hemmottelu (coddling). (various references)

   

French

  

indulgence excessive, abus. (various references)

   

German

  

völlerei (gluttony, piggery), allzu grosse nachsicht, allzu große nachgiebigkeit, übermäßiger Genuss. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

túlzott engedékenység (complacency, complaisance), túlhajtás (exorbitance, exorbitancy). (various references)

   

Italian

  

eccessiva indulgenza. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

overindulgenceay

   

Portuguese

  

superaquecimento (superheat), excesso (carry over, debauch, excess, extreme, glut, over, overage, overmeasure, overplus, redundance, redundancy, spilth, superfluity, surplus, surplusage), benevolência demasiada, abuso (abuse, ill use, inroad, misuse, trespass, violence). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

чрезмерное увлечение (over-indulgence), злоупотребление (abuse, abuse of, malversation, misapplication, misuse, over-indulgence, trespass). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prevelika popustljivost (over-indulgence), pretovaranje stomaka jelom i pićem (over-indulgence), prejedanje (over-indulgence). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

exceso vicioso, abuso (abuse, consummation, encroachment, imposition, infringement, misapplication, misuse, obloquy). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

fazla hoşgörü, aşırı müsamaha. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Overindulgence

Derivations

Words beginning with "overindulgence": overindulgences. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Overindulgence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-r-u-v"

-3 letters: overindulge, overlending.

-4 letters: coenduring, divergence, divulgence, endergonic, indulgence, neurogenic, reconvened, uncovering, unrelieved.

-5 letters: converged, creneling, decerning, decreeing, decurving, denouncer, devouring, endocrine, endoergic, endogenic, enlivened, environed, euglenoid, gerundive, indolence, involucre, loudening, nondegree, reconvene, redolence, relending, renounced, uncovered, undeceive, undergone, underline, underling, ungodlier, unreeling, unreeving, veneering, virulence.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-r-u-v"
 

+1 letter: overindulgences.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Overindulgence


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 76 65 72 69 6E 64 75 6C 67 65 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100100 01110101 01101100 01100111 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0076 0065 0072 0069 006E 0064 0075 006C 0067 0065 006E 0063 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4988718475807087787371806971

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Overindulgence"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, Arnavut

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgaristan ile ilgili

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosfinlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiongjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, saksalainen, allemand, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, alman

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, macarca, macar

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italialainen, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italyanca, italyan

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, Rusça

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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