overlarge

adjective, larg·er, larg·est.

1. of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
2. on a great scale: a large producer of kitchen equipment.
3. of great scope or range; extensive; broad.
4. grand or pompous: a man given to large, bombastic talk.
5. (of a map, model, etc.) representing the features of the original with features of its own that are relatively large so that great detail may be shown.
6. famous; successful; important: He’s very large in financial circles.
7. Obsolete. generous; bountiful; lavish.
8. Obsolete.
   1. unrestrained in the use of language; gross; improper.
   2. unrestrained in behavior or manner; uninhibited.
9. Nautical. free(def 33).

noun

10. Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
11. Obsolete. generosity; bounty.

adverb

12. Nautical. with the wind free or abaft the beam so that all sails draw fully.

Idioms

13. at large,
    1. free from restraint or confinement; at liberty: The murderer is still at large.
    2. to a considerable extent; at length: to treat a subject at large.
    3. as a whole; in general: the country at large.
    4. Also at-large.representing the whole of a state, district, or body rather than one division or part of it: a delegate at large.
    5. Also at-large.having a general, as opposed to a specific, role in an organization or project: She’s the magazine’s editor-at-large.
14. in large, on a large scale; from a broad point of view: a problem seen in large.Also in the large.

adjective

1. excessively large

adjective

1. having a relatively great size, quantity, extent, etc; big
2. of wide or broad scope, capacity, or range; comprehensivea large effect
3. having or showing great breadth of understandinga large heart
4. nautical (of the wind) blowing from a favourable direction
5. rare overblown; pretentious
6. generous
7. obsolete (of manners and speech) gross; rude

noun

8. at large
   1. (esp of a dangerous criminal or wild animal) free; not confined
   2. roaming freely, as in a foreign country
   3. as a whole; in general
   4. in full detail; exhaustively
   5. ambassador-at-large See ambassador (def. 4)
9. in large or in the large as a totality or on a broad scale

adverb

10. nautical with the wind blowing from a favourable direction
11. by and large
    1. (sentence modifier)generally; as a ruleby and large, the man is the breadwinner
    2. nauticaltowards and away from the wind
12. loom large to be very prominent or important

adj.c.1200, “bountiful, inclined to give or spend freely,” also, of areas, “great in expanse,” from Old French large “broad, wide; generous, bounteous,” from Latin largus “abundant, copious, plentiful; bountiful, liberal in giving,” of unknown origin. Main modern meanings “extensive; big in overall size” emerged 14c. An older sense of “liberated, free from restraining influence” is preserved in at large (late 14c.). Adjective phrase larger-than-life first attested 1937 (bigger than life is from 1640s). see at large; big (large) as life; by and large; cog in the (a large) wheel; in some (large) measure; loom large; writ large.