soverchio

• IPA^(key): /soˈvɛr.kjo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrkjo
• Hyphenation: so‧vèr‧chio

From Vulgar Latin *superclus, *superculus, from Latin super (“over”) +‎ -culus (diminutive). Cognate with Spanish and Portuguese sobejo, Sicilian superchiu.

• soperchio (obsolete)

soverchio (feminine soverchia, masculine plural soverchi, feminine plural soverchie) (literary)

1. excessive, overwhelming, over-

   Synonyms: eccessivo, esagerato

   • 14^th century, Petrarch, “Sonetto LXXIII — Poi che per mio destino”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 4–8:

     Amor ch’ a ciò m’invoglia,
     Sia la mia scorta e ’nsegnimi ’l cammino,
     E col desio le mie rime contempre;
     Ma non in guisa che lo cor si stempre
     Di soverchia dolcezza […]

     May Love, who creates my longing, be my guide, and show me the road, and let my verse match my desire: but not so that the heart may be out of tune through overwhelming sweetness

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1. • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Poi che per mio destino”, in Il Canzoniere‎, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, lines 4–8, page 48:

     Amor ch’ a ciò m’invoglia, ¶ Sia la mia scorta e ’nsegnimi ’l cammino, ¶ E col desio le mie rime contempre; ¶ Ma non in guisa che lo cor si stempre ¶ Di soverchia dolcezza

     May Love, who creates my longing, be my guide, and show me the road, and let my verse match my desire: but not so that the heart may be out of tune through overwhelming sweetness

2. superfluous

   Synonym: superfluo

• soverchiamente
• soverchiare

• sopra
• soverchiatore
• soverchieria

soverchio m (uncountable) (literary)

1. excess

   Synonym: eccesso

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto XXV”, in Inferno, lines 127–129:

     ciò che non corse in dietro e si ritenne
     di quel soverchio, fé naso a la faccia
     e le labbra ingrossò quanto convenne.

     What did not backward run and was retained of that excess made to the face a nose, and the lips thickened far as was befitting.

2. abuse, oppression

   Synonyms: sopraffazione, soverchieria

soverchio

1. (literary) too, too much, excessively

   Synonyms: eccessivamente, (literary) soverchiamente, troppo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

soverchio

1. first-person singular present indicative of soverchiare

• soverchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana