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ˈover-ˈearnest, a. [over- 28.] Too earnest. So ˈover-ˈearnestly adv., ˈover-ˈearnestness.
[1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 6 It is not good..to occupie your minde ouer earnestlie.] a1586Sidney Arcadia (1622) 285 His men following ouer-earnestly. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. iv. iii. 122 Yes Cassius,..When you are ouer-earnest with your Brutus, Hee'l thinke your Mother chides, and leaue you so. 1774Burke Amer. Tax. Wks. II. 392 Some mischief happened..from this over-earnest zeal. 1864Webster, Overearnestness. |