all-overadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌɔːlˈəʊvə/, U.S.

/ˈɔlˈˌoʊvər/,

/ˈɑlˈˌoʊvər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., over adv.

Etymology: < all adv. + over adv. Compare earlier all over adv. With sense A. 3 compare overall adj.

A. adj.

a. That covers or touches most or all of something, esp. the body; of or relating to a garment designed to do this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > completely

all-over1771

hide-all1837

encovering1863

coverall1895

1771 Middlesex Jrnl. 25 June 4/4 (advt.) A curious all-over pattern for a lady's apron, for which a pattern-drawer would alone charge two shillings.

1789 New Lady's Mag. Aug. (title page) A new pattern for a gown, or an all-over apron.

1884 Our Work at Home & Abroad 1 Nov. 340 All-over pinafores are very useful for hiding deficiencies in under-garments.

1897 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 1 Jan. 3/4 Rainproof cloths are made up into fetchingly loose, all-over garments.

1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 July 493/1 Hazlitt's ‘Conversations of Northcote’..may be met with in at least six ‘original’ bindings, ranging from all-over boards with label, through half-cloth and full-cloth.

1964 V. Corning Sex Name i. 16 The material of the sheets molded itself to her in a crisp all-over caress.

1984 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 20 June 30 Our parlor had allover rag carpeting made of three-foot strips sewn together.

2006 Weight Watchers Mag. June 68/2 If you want more of an all-over tan, try a tankini top, which..you can roll up when sunbathing.

b. Of a pattern or design: composed of elements that are repeated over the whole extent, esp. so that no detail is allowed to dominate; of or relating to this. Of lace: featuring such a pattern, and designed to be used generally as a fabric. Cf. sense B. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > completely > every part

all-over1790

all-overish1874

1790 World 7 July 9/4 (advt.) They wish particularly to recommend for dresses... Colonade and all-over Patterns.

1808 J. Duncan Pract. & Descriptive Ess. Art of Weaving: Pt. II v. 214 All the bosom of the web being covered with spotting, in the form represented in the design, from which it is called an allover pattern.

1859 C. Tomlinson Illustr. Useful Arts 39/2 The patterns of floor-cloths should not be elaborate... What are called all-over patterns..have the best effect.

1892 J. Bilson in C. V. Collier Acc. Boynton Family (1914) 79 A..plaster ceiling with an all-over honey-suckle design.

1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 41 372/2 A common cry now is..an ‘all-over’ treatment is best; that is, the areas of the details of the design should be nearly all equal, so that no feature should obtrude itself in the design.

1906 Daily Chron. 15 Oct. 8/5 Any kind of ‘all-over’ lace or embroidered net.

1916 A. D. F. Hamlin Hist. Ornament i. 5 In ‘all-over’ patterns the units are arranged along two or more intersecting systems of lines so as to cover a broad surface.

2003 Piecework Nov. 58/1 The tiny knots create an allover design on Pierce's purse.

c. Art. Of, relating to, or designating a non-geometrical abstract style of painting associated with American Abstract Expressionism of the late 1940s and in particular the artist Jackson Pollock, in which the composition is fragmented and dispersed with almost equal intensity over the whole picture. Also: designating a picture painted in this style.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles

plangent1666

dry1695

sticky1753

flat1755

spotty1798

touchy1809

definitive1815

edgy1825

painty1827

scratchy1827

unideal1838

tinglish1855

generalist1858

tinny1877

Christmas-cardy1883

tinty1883

surfacy1887

chocolate box1892

chocolate-boxy1894

Christmas card1895

juicy1897

candy box1898

pastose1901

busy1909

pompier1914

posterish1914

painterly1932

X-ray1940

illusional1942

all-over1948

figurative1960

hard-edge1961

1948 C. Greenberg in Partisan Rev. Apr. 482 Monet and Pissarro anticipated..the ‘decentralized’, ‘polyphonic’, all-over picture..with a surface knit together of a multiplicity of identical or similar elements.

1960 B. Robertson Jackson Pollock 45 The significance of Pollock's late, all-over style, is not only aesthetic.

1983 A. Goldhammer tr. S. Guilbaut How N.Y. stole Idea of Mod. Art ii. 96 These first ‘all-over’ paintings were hard for a majority of the public to accept, because of their uniformity and chaotic composition.

2004 D. Nice in J. P. Driscoll D. Nice 28 Pollock was a..revelation: his establishment of all-over painting, of dispensing with brushes and paint tubes.

2. colloquial. Generally ill; (of pain, etc.) that affects the whole body; causing a general feeling of illness. Cf. sense B. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > feeling ill

squeamish1670

howish1694

sick as a horse1705

nohowish1816

all-overish1820

washed out1850

all-over1861

wisht1868

crappy1956

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 136/2 It gives you an all-over sort of feeling.

1879 University Mag. (Dublin) Nov. 613/2 Soon he found his headache disappear, his all-over ache better.

1892 A. M. Barnes House of Grass vii. 102 I have..an all-over feeling which makes me, as you suggested, anything but cheerful.

1900 E. B. Foote Home Cycl. (1901) ii. i. 386 A bilious sick-headache, with nausea—an all over sort of headache.

1993 F. Wolfe in S. Jacobsen et al. Musculoskeletal Pain 26 The kind of..generalized and often ‘all over’ pain typically found in the syndrome.

2010 R. Palmer Girl vs. Superstar vii. 79 ‘What's wrong? Is it your throat? Your stomach..?’ ‘It's, um, just an all-over kind of a thing.’

3. Achieved or arrived at after everything has been taken into account; overall.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective]

generalc1230

commona1400

overhead1875

all-over1894

across the board1945

1894 D. C. Baillie Census of India, 1891 XVI. i. iv. 159 In a period of fifty years, with an average share of epidemics and failures of harvests thrown in, the allover increase in the population from Benares to Bulandshahr would be trifling.

1905 Street & Electr. Railways 1902 (U.S. Bureau of Census) ii. ii. 185/2 A standard pole of an all over length of 30 feet also weighs almost 800 pounds.

1933 Irish Press 27 Jan. 6/2 The Irish people have answered...They have given Fianna Fáil its all-over majority.

1998 AFX Europe (Nexis) 21 Dec. He added that today's allover rise could not be explained by any specific company news.

B. n.

a. Textiles. A pattern or design in which the elements are repeated over the whole extent. Also: (a length of) lace with an all-over design. Cf. sense A. 1b.In quot. 1808: an element or figure that appears over the entire design.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > types of pattern or design generally

Morisk1341

Moresque1458

arabesque1656

Morisco1728

all-over1808

Moresco1823

shawl-pattern1838

repeat pattern1851

repeat1855

unit1855

styling1867

counterchange1888

oriental1897

mosaicking1923

scenic1956

1808 J. Duncan Pract. & Descriptive Ess. Art of Weaving: Pt. II v. 226 In those..spots, which are allovers, the selvages only are on the two plain leaves.

1824 J. Murphy Treat. Art Weaving 343 In drawing sketches for allovers, or other kinds of running patterns, particular care must be taken, where the stalks, or other members join, to avoid stiffness or unnatural turns.

1889 Puck (N.Y.) Oct. 160/3 (advt.) Embroideries, flounces and all overs in choice evening shades.

1892 P. A. Garin Outl. Industr. Drawing: Pt. II. vi. 106 Find in magazines..other all overs on the triangular pattern.

1912 Dry Goods Reporter 19 Oct. 47/1 The beauty of the all-overs, the flouncings and the galloon bandings is..undeniable.

1916 A. D. F. Hamlin Hist. Ornament i. 5 Continuous ‘all-overs’ forming a mesh of two sets of intersecting lines are called quarries.

1994 Wedding & Home June 168/2 (advt.) Nottingham's original mail order company offers a magnificent selection of..corded, ribbon and embroidered lace edgings, flouncings and allovers.

2003 N. Riley & P. Bayer Elem. of Design 208/1 An informal quality obtains in the patterns.., whether arranged as all-overs, borders, or bunches.

†b. A button that has been gilded on all its surfaces, rather than just the top. Cf. top n.¹ 22, top button n.. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > button > types of

hair-button1593

frog1635

bar-button1685

frost button1686

sleeve-button1686

berry-button1702

stud1715

pearl button1717

breast button1742

bell-button1775

shell button1789

red button1797

olivet1819

bullet-buttons1823

basket-button1836

all-over1838

top1852

olive1890

pearly1890

nail head1892

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > one who or that which covers > every part

all-over1838

1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 220/1 The amalgam for this description of work [i.e. the gilding of buttons] is brought to a much stiffer consistence than that which is used for ‘all-overs’.

1860 C. Tomlinson Useful Arts & Manuf. 2nd Ser. 38 The buttons [are] stirred about in the solution for all-overs; or brushed on the face for tops.

1880 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts II. 557 When the face only receives a plating, the buttons are known as ‘tops’; when the whole is thus treated, they are called ‘all-overs’.

2. In plural. With the. colloquial. In early use: painful or nervous sensations, seeming to affect the whole body. Later: strong feelings of nervousness or unease; the jitters. Also occasionally: feelings of extreme annoyance. Cf. sense A. 2. Now chiefly U.S. regional (southern and south Midland).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [noun] > sensation like

all-overs1829

paralgia1885

the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness

nerves1742

nervosity1787

nervousness1798

all-overs1829

nerviness1916

vertical gust1917

wind-up1917

vertical breeze1925

nail-biting1952

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > nervous depression > [noun]

megrims1592

vapours1662

the vapours1711

black dog1776

all-overs1870

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension > instance or fit of

feara1625

all-overs1870

the williesa1895

heebie-jeebies1923

tomtit1930

shit1947

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoyance or vexation

teenOE

dretchinga1050

taryingnessa1300

annoyc1300

dretch?13..

noyc1330

unquertc1390

noyinga1398

nuisancec1400

unsoundc1400

noisance1421

annuisancec1440

discumbrancea1500

noymentc1503

cumber?a1513

molesting1523

tary1528

irk1570

pester1581

incommodation1664

fasha1796

all-overs1893

buggeration1962

wind-up1984

1829 J. S. Wyburn in Melodist 3 106 O! dear, O! dear, I'm sure I've got a touch of the allovers—O, O, O, I'm sure I shall faint, Mr. Dip!

1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 149/2 These flying or migratory pains are very common among soldiers and sailors, and are known by the cant name of ‘the all-overs’.

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood xxiii. 180 But we're out of sorts for want of a smoke. We've got the all-overs, haven't us, deary? But this is the place to cure 'em in; this is the place where the all-overs is smoked off!

1888 ‘O. Thanet’ in St. Nicholas Nov. 50/1 I jes' take the all-overs every time I see paw getherin' his gun ter go out.

1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 70 All-overs, a term employed by all classes to mean a feeling of extreme annoyance or vexation; as, ‘That man is so trifling it gives me the all-overs to look at him.’

1942 M. K. Rawlings Cross Creek ix. 167 I came to Cross Creek with such a phobia against snakes that a picture of one in the dictionary gave me..‘the all-overs’.

1951 L. Craig Singing Hills xxiii. 218 It gives me the all-overs to have a gun pointed in my ribs.

2000 B. Kingsolver Prodigal Summer (2001) xvii. 276 This whole place was giving him the all-overs.

3. Originally U.S. Usually in form all over. from all over: from everywhere, from all over the place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [noun] > everywhere

everywhere1533

all-over1860

1860 ‘E. Wetherell’ & ‘A. Lothrop’ Say & Seal II. xxxvii. 422 They came from all over; the country was gleaned.

1885 Gardener's Monthly & Horticulturalist May 131/1 They [sc. Clematises] come from all over. They are almost cosmopolitan.

1904 Post Express (Rochester, N.Y.) 12 Sept. 3 News Flashes from All Over.

1956 D. Jacobson Dance in Sun i. i. 7 There were cars, we saw from the registration plates, from all over.

2008 R. Beard Becoming Drusilla (2009) v. 117 The Hay festival attracts people from all over.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	all-over
释义	all-overadj.n. Brit. /ˌɔːlˈəʊvə/, U.S. /ˈɔlˈˌoʊvər/, /ˈɑlˈˌoʊvər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., over adv. Etymology: < all adv. + over adv. Compare earlier all over adv. With sense A. 3 compare overall adj. A. adj. 1. a. That covers or touches most or all of something, esp. the body; of or relating to a garment designed to do this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > completely all-over1771 hide-all1837 encovering1863 coverall1895 1771 Middlesex Jrnl. 25 June 4/4 (advt.) A curious all-over pattern for a lady's apron, for which a pattern-drawer would alone charge two shillings. 1789 New Lady's Mag. Aug. (title page) A new pattern for a gown, or an all-over apron. 1884 Our Work at Home & Abroad 1 Nov. 340 All-over pinafores are very useful for hiding deficiencies in under-garments. 1897 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 1 Jan. 3/4 Rainproof cloths are made up into fetchingly loose, all-over garments. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 July 493/1 Hazlitt's ‘Conversations of Northcote’..may be met with in at least six ‘original’ bindings, ranging from all-over boards with label, through half-cloth and full-cloth. 1964 V. Corning Sex Name i. 16 The material of the sheets molded itself to her in a crisp all-over caress. 1984 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 20 June 30 Our parlor had allover rag carpeting made of three-foot strips sewn together. 2006 Weight Watchers Mag. June 68/2 If you want more of an all-over tan, try a tankini top, which..you can roll up when sunbathing. b. Of a pattern or design: composed of elements that are repeated over the whole extent, esp. so that no detail is allowed to dominate; of or relating to this. Of lace: featuring such a pattern, and designed to be used generally as a fabric. Cf. sense B. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > completely > every part all-over1790 all-overish1874 1790 World 7 July 9/4 (advt.) They wish particularly to recommend for dresses... Colonade and all-over Patterns. 1808 J. Duncan Pract. & Descriptive Ess. Art of Weaving: Pt. II v. 214 All the bosom of the web being covered with spotting, in the form represented in the design, from which it is called an allover pattern. 1859 C. Tomlinson Illustr. Useful Arts 39/2 The patterns of floor-cloths should not be elaborate... What are called all-over patterns..have the best effect. 1892 J. Bilson in C. V. Collier Acc. Boynton Family (1914) 79 A..plaster ceiling with an all-over honey-suckle design. 1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 41 372/2 A common cry now is..an ‘all-over’ treatment is best; that is, the areas of the details of the design should be nearly all equal, so that no feature should obtrude itself in the design. 1906 Daily Chron. 15 Oct. 8/5 Any kind of ‘all-over’ lace or embroidered net. 1916 A. D. F. Hamlin Hist. Ornament i. 5 In ‘all-over’ patterns the units are arranged along two or more intersecting systems of lines so as to cover a broad surface. 2003 Piecework Nov. 58/1 The tiny knots create an allover design on Pierce's purse. c. Art. Of, relating to, or designating a non-geometrical abstract style of painting associated with American Abstract Expressionism of the late 1940s and in particular the artist Jackson Pollock, in which the composition is fragmented and dispersed with almost equal intensity over the whole picture. Also: designating a picture painted in this style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles plangent1666 dry1695 sticky1753 flat1755 spotty1798 touchy1809 definitive1815 edgy1825 painty1827 scratchy1827 unideal1838 tinglish1855 generalist1858 tinny1877 Christmas-cardy1883 tinty1883 surfacy1887 chocolate box1892 chocolate-boxy1894 Christmas card1895 juicy1897 candy box1898 pastose1901 busy1909 pompier1914 posterish1914 painterly1932 X-ray1940 illusional1942 all-over1948 figurative1960 hard-edge1961 1948 C. Greenberg in Partisan Rev. Apr. 482 Monet and Pissarro anticipated..the ‘decentralized’, ‘polyphonic’, all-over picture..with a surface knit together of a multiplicity of identical or similar elements. 1960 B. Robertson Jackson Pollock 45 The significance of Pollock's late, all-over style, is not only aesthetic. 1983 A. Goldhammer tr. S. Guilbaut How N.Y. stole Idea of Mod. Art ii. 96 These first ‘all-over’ paintings were hard for a majority of the public to accept, because of their uniformity and chaotic composition. 2004 D. Nice in J. P. Driscoll D. Nice 28 Pollock was a..revelation: his establishment of all-over painting, of dispensing with brushes and paint tubes. 2. colloquial. Generally ill; (of pain, etc.) that affects the whole body; causing a general feeling of illness. Cf. sense B. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > feeling ill squeamish1670 howish1694 sick as a horse1705 nohowish1816 all-overish1820 washed out1850 all-over1861 wisht1868 crappy1956 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 136/2 It gives you an all-over sort of feeling. 1879 University Mag. (Dublin) Nov. 613/2 Soon he found his headache disappear, his all-over ache better. 1892 A. M. Barnes House of Grass vii. 102 I have..an all-over feeling which makes me, as you suggested, anything but cheerful. 1900 E. B. Foote Home Cycl. (1901) ii. i. 386 A bilious sick-headache, with nausea—an all over sort of headache. 1993 F. Wolfe in S. Jacobsen et al. Musculoskeletal Pain 26 The kind of..generalized and often ‘all over’ pain typically found in the syndrome. 2010 R. Palmer Girl vs. Superstar vii. 79 ‘What's wrong? Is it your throat? Your stomach..?’ ‘It's, um, just an all-over kind of a thing.’ 3. Achieved or arrived at after everything has been taken into account; overall. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] generalc1230 commona1400 overhead1875 all-over1894 across the board1945 1894 D. C. Baillie Census of India, 1891 XVI. i. iv. 159 In a period of fifty years, with an average share of epidemics and failures of harvests thrown in, the allover increase in the population from Benares to Bulandshahr would be trifling. 1905 Street & Electr. Railways 1902 (U.S. Bureau of Census) ii. ii. 185/2 A standard pole of an all over length of 30 feet also weighs almost 800 pounds. 1933 Irish Press 27 Jan. 6/2 The Irish people have answered...They have given Fianna Fáil its all-over majority. 1998 AFX Europe (Nexis) 21 Dec. He added that today's allover rise could not be explained by any specific company news. B. n. 1. a. Textiles. A pattern or design in which the elements are repeated over the whole extent. Also: (a length of) lace with an all-over design. Cf. sense A. 1b.In quot. 1808: an element or figure that appears over the entire design. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > types of pattern or design generally Morisk1341 Moresque1458 arabesque1656 Morisco1728 all-over1808 Moresco1823 shawl-pattern1838 repeat pattern1851 repeat1855 unit1855 styling1867 counterchange1888 oriental1897 mosaicking1923 scenic1956 1808 J. Duncan Pract. & Descriptive Ess. Art of Weaving: Pt. II v. 226 In those..spots, which are allovers, the selvages only are on the two plain leaves. 1824 J. Murphy Treat. Art Weaving 343 In drawing sketches for allovers, or other kinds of running patterns, particular care must be taken, where the stalks, or other members join, to avoid stiffness or unnatural turns. 1889 Puck (N.Y.) Oct. 160/3 (advt.) Embroideries, flounces and all overs in choice evening shades. 1892 P. A. Garin Outl. Industr. Drawing: Pt. II. vi. 106 Find in magazines..other all overs on the triangular pattern. 1912 Dry Goods Reporter 19 Oct. 47/1 The beauty of the all-overs, the flouncings and the galloon bandings is..undeniable. 1916 A. D. F. Hamlin Hist. Ornament i. 5 Continuous ‘all-overs’ forming a mesh of two sets of intersecting lines are called quarries. 1994 Wedding & Home June 168/2 (advt.) Nottingham's original mail order company offers a magnificent selection of..corded, ribbon and embroidered lace edgings, flouncings and allovers. 2003 N. Riley & P. Bayer Elem. of Design 208/1 An informal quality obtains in the patterns.., whether arranged as all-overs, borders, or bunches. †b. A button that has been gilded on all its surfaces, rather than just the top. Cf. top n.¹ 22, top button n.. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > button > types of hair-button1593 frog1635 bar-button1685 frost button1686 sleeve-button1686 berry-button1702 stud1715 pearl button1717 breast button1742 bell-button1775 shell button1789 red button1797 olivet1819 bullet-buttons1823 basket-button1836 all-over1838 top1852 olive1890 pearly1890 nail head1892 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > one who or that which covers > every part all-over1838 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 220/1 The amalgam for this description of work [i.e. the gilding of buttons] is brought to a much stiffer consistence than that which is used for ‘all-overs’. 1860 C. Tomlinson Useful Arts & Manuf. 2nd Ser. 38 The buttons [are] stirred about in the solution for all-overs; or brushed on the face for tops. 1880 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts II. 557 When the face only receives a plating, the buttons are known as ‘tops’; when the whole is thus treated, they are called ‘all-overs’. 2. In plural. With the. colloquial. In early use: painful or nervous sensations, seeming to affect the whole body. Later: strong feelings of nervousness or unease; the jitters. Also occasionally: feelings of extreme annoyance. Cf. sense A. 2. Now chiefly U.S. regional (southern and south Midland). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [noun] > sensation like all-overs1829 paralgia1885 the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness nerves1742 nervosity1787 nervousness1798 all-overs1829 nerviness1916 vertical gust1917 wind-up1917 vertical breeze1925 nail-biting1952 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > nervous depression > [noun] megrims1592 vapours1662 the vapours1711 black dog1776 all-overs1870 the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension > instance or fit of feara1625 all-overs1870 the williesa1895 heebie-jeebies1923 tomtit1930 shit1947 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoyance or vexation teenOE dretchinga1050 taryingnessa1300 annoyc1300 dretch?13.. noyc1330 unquertc1390 noyinga1398 nuisancec1400 unsoundc1400 noisance1421 annuisancec1440 discumbrancea1500 noymentc1503 cumber?a1513 molesting1523 tary1528 irk1570 pester1581 incommodation1664 fasha1796 all-overs1893 buggeration1962 wind-up1984 1829 J. S. Wyburn in Melodist 3 106 O! dear, O! dear, I'm sure I've got a touch of the allovers—O, O, O, I'm sure I shall faint, Mr. Dip! 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 149/2 These flying or migratory pains are very common among soldiers and sailors, and are known by the cant name of ‘the all-overs’. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood xxiii. 180 But we're out of sorts for want of a smoke. We've got the all-overs, haven't us, deary? But this is the place to cure 'em in; this is the place where the all-overs is smoked off! 1888 ‘O. Thanet’ in St. Nicholas Nov. 50/1 I jes' take the all-overs every time I see paw getherin' his gun ter go out. 1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 70 All-overs, a term employed by all classes to mean a feeling of extreme annoyance or vexation; as, ‘That man is so trifling it gives me the all-overs to look at him.’ 1942 M. K. Rawlings Cross Creek ix. 167 I came to Cross Creek with such a phobia against snakes that a picture of one in the dictionary gave me..‘the all-overs’. 1951 L. Craig Singing Hills xxiii. 218 It gives me the all-overs to have a gun pointed in my ribs. 2000 B. Kingsolver Prodigal Summer (2001) xvii. 276 This whole place was giving him the all-overs. 3. Originally U.S. Usually in form all over. from all over: from everywhere, from all over the place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [noun] > everywhere everywhere1533 all-over1860 1860 ‘E. Wetherell’ & ‘A. Lothrop’ Say & Seal II. xxxvii. 422 They came from all over; the country was gleaned. 1885 Gardener's Monthly & Horticulturalist May 131/1 They [sc. Clematises] come from all over. They are almost cosmopolitan. 1904 Post Express (Rochester, N.Y.) 12 Sept. 3 News Flashes from All Over. 1956 D. Jacobson Dance in Sun i. i. 7 There were cars, we saw from the registration plates, from all over. 2008 R. Beard Becoming Drusilla (2009) v. 117 The Hay festival attracts people from all over. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1771
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