overauthor
English
verb
Definitions
- To add too many names to the list of authors on a work produced by a team.
- To continue revising a work past the point where the revisions improve the work.
Etymology
Prefix from English author.
Origin
English
author
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- author English
- authorable English
- authorcraft English
- authordom English
- authoress English
- authorhood English
- authorial English
- authorish English
- authorism English
- authorless English
- authorlike English
- authorling English
- authorly English
- authorship English
- authress English
- coauthor English
- multiauthor English
- nonauthor English
- reauthor English
- auctour Middle English