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ˈoverˈcommon, a. [over- 28.] Too common, excessively common. So ˈover-ˈcommonness, too great frequency.
1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xiv. iv, The entre [to helle] is ouercomune.., but fewe of them that goon theder fynde the retourne. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. ii. vi. §4 Obiecting that with vs Arguments taken from authoritie negatiuely are ouer-common. 1604Hieron Wks. I. 537 They say the ouer⁓commonnesse of preaching will breed contempt of preaching. 1690Dryden Amphitryon Ep. Ded., Vertues not over⁓common amongst English Men. |