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overwrought, ppl. a.|ˈəʊvəˈrɔːt|
[pa. pple. of overwork v.: = overworked.]
1. a. Worked to excess, exhausted by overwork. b. Worked up to too high a pitch; over-excited.
1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals i. ii. 51 This poor over-wrought creature comes in. 1825Lytton Falkland 12 Even the most overwrought excitation can bring neither novelty nor zest. 1886Hall Caine Son of Hagar ii. xiii, Not one moan of an overwrought heart escaped him.
2. Elaborated to excess; over-laboured.
1839I. Taylor Anc. Chr. I. iv. 404 One cannot read these overwrought passages. |