overelaborate: Meaning and Definition of

o•ver•e•lab•o•rate

1. excessively or fussily elaborate, ornate, detailed, etc.

1. to render or present with excessive or fussy detail: He so overelaborates his jokes that they lose their humor.

1. to add excessive details, as in writing or speaking: He overelaborates to an extent that his novels must be cut radically before being published.