overengineer
English
verb
Definitions
- To make something more complicated than necessary; often implies that the complexity was added intentionally.
Etymology
Prefix from English engineer.
Origin
English
engineer
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aeroengineer English
- bioengineer English
- bioengineered English
- electroengineer English
- engine English
- engineer English
- engineerability English
- engineerable English
- engineeress English
- engineering English
- engineerish English
- engineerization English
- geoengineer English
- glycoengineer English
- microengineer English
- nanoengineer English
- nonengineer English
- outengineer English
- re-engineer English
- reengineer English
- retro-engineer English
- エンジニア Japanese
- engyneour Middle English
- इंजीनियर Hindi
- endyiner Cebuano
- အင်ဂျင်နီယာ Burmese
- injinia Swahili
- injineli Xhosa
- ansini Tok Pisin