overflowing
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
overflowing (plural overflowings)
- overflow
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
- [T]hough he had, as it were, from the overflowings of his heart, given Sophia as a toast among the officers, where he thought it was impossible she should be known; yet, even there, the reader may remember how difficultly he was prevailed upon to mention her surname.
- 1829, Josiah Conder, The Modern Traveler, page 205:
- the great overflowings and recedings of the waters
Derived terms
Verb
overflowing
- present participle and gerund of overflow
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