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excessive.

klí, a. Excessive; note also the adverbial form klai ("excessively"). e.g. La klí evrías vis: "She is too short."

usage: On its own, this may also be a slang term meaning "overweight." See klisarasí.

See inflection scheme: iomanazinení noun
See inflection scheme: sarasí noun
See inflection scheme: zeyetaní noun
See inflection scheme: íomanazinení verb

tags: adjective, quality, quantity, anatomy
reverse terms: excessive

gebosí, a. Copious, excessive, abundant, rich, overflowing, too much.

usage: Commonly in constructs like gebosí walto, "overwhelming [quantities of] [good] news," imparting a positive connotation onto otherwise neutral topics.

etymology: klí + boseí
See inflection scheme: iomanazinení noun
See inflection scheme: sarasí noun
See inflection scheme: zeyetaní noun
See inflection scheme: íomanazinení verb

tags: adjective
reverse terms: abundant, copious, excessive, overflowing, rich

klakibí, a. Over-the-top, embarrassing, lacking in self-awareness; of art, likely to discomfort its intended audience.

usage: Usually used to describe an action, statement, or work of art which results in an experience of éldutu. Calling a person klakibí is not unprecedented but is much more dismissive and a little strange, in the same way calling an author 'badly written' is more severe than calling a book the same.

etymology: klai kibúes
See inflection scheme: iomanazinení noun
See inflection scheme: sarasí noun
See inflection scheme: zeyetaní noun
See inflection scheme: íomanazinení verb

related: klai kibúes, gebosí
tags: adjective, philosophy, communication, art, emotion, insult
reverse terms: awkward, derivative, excessive, gaudy, kitsch, painful, reductive, sycophantic, trite, vulgar

klai kordíkedí, a. Padded out.

See inflection scheme: iomanazinení noun
See inflection scheme: sarasí noun
See inflection scheme: zeyetaní noun
See inflection scheme: íomanazinení verb

tags: adjective, insult, temporal
reverse terms: excessive, extended, overlong, padded out, tedious, tiresome