overamplification

overamplification

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
Latin amplus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-fakāō
Latin -ficō
Latin amplificō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin amplificātiōlbor.
English amplification
English overamplification

    From over- + amplification.

    Noun

    overamplification (usually uncountable, plural overamplifications)

    1. (chiefly music) Excessive amplification.
      • 2007 October 16, Roslyn Sulcas, “The Costumes, the Rifles, the Six-Foot Headdresses”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Although there is some recorded music, the 10 musicians […] add further vitality to the program, despite bad overamplification.
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