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单词 over-daring
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over-daringn.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈdɛːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈdɛrɪŋ/
Forms: see over- prefix and daring n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overdare v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < overdare v. + -ing suffix1. Compare slightly earlier over-daring adj.
Now archaic and rare.
The action of daring too much or being too rash; excessive daring or boldness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun] > rashness
folly?c1225
reighshipc1275
temerity?a1475
rashnessa1500
audacity1531
overhardiness1594
over-daring1595
temerousness1598
daringness1622
temerariousness1711
1595 H. Chettle Piers Plainnes Prentiship sig. F For thy ouerdaring she wil cause thy Plumes to be puld, and thou maist appear naked.
1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle ii. sig. D2 That pride cost them the losse of a limbe or two, by ouer-daring.
1631 B. Jonson New Inne iv. iv. 120 Ouer-daring is as great a vice, As ouer-fearing.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lxxviii. 163 To quell the over-daring of those Courtiers.
1840 C. Guest tr. Mabinogion (1849) iii. 83 ‘Of a truth,’ said he, ‘I relinquish my overdaring and my pride in craving thy mercy.’
1887 R. Browning Parleyings 179 E'en of peaks Which still presume there, plain each pale point speaks In wan transparency of waste incurred By over-daring: far from me be such!
1931 T. S. Moore Variation on Fletcher in Poems 198 Hark, how they groan that died despairing, Oh, take heed then! Hark, how they howl for over-daring.
1951 L. MacNeice tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust ii. 243 But caution! Caution! Not over-daring!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

over-daringadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈdɛːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈdɛrɪŋ/
Forms: see over- prefix and daring adj.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overdare v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < overdare v. + -ing suffix2.
Too daring; unduly or imprudently bold; foolhardy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [adjective] > rash or overbold
hardy?c1225
over-hardyc1225
temeraryc1410
overbolda1425
temerous1461
temerarious1532
fool-bold1549
over-daringa1593
fool-heady1611
temeritous1892
a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. B3v Meete you for this, proud ouerdaring peeres.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. iv. 5 The ouer-daring Talbot Hath sullied all his glosse of former Honor By this vnheedfull, desperate, wilde aduenture. View more context for this quotation
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lii. 102 The overdaring boldness of dissemblers.
1844 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Sept. 306/1 This scourge of the borders was at last entrapped—had in his over-daring recklessness thrown himself alone amidst swarms of enemies.
1887 R. Kipling Lett. of Marque (1891) I. vii. 45 Over-daring amateurs..had striven to reproduce scenes such as these.
1970 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 1 112 (note) The several works of H. Lammens..are full of over-daring suggestions and have been justly criticized.
1980 Newsweek (Nexis) 17 Mar. 85 In some ways it's a crazy and overdaring gamble.

Derivatives

over-ˈdaringly adv. rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [adverb]
sturdilyc1374
bandonly1488
over-boldly1547
over-daringly1652
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 129 Yea, have not their Astrologicall falsehoods too often prevailed both to instigate over daringly?
1800 A. Henry Jrnl. 17 Aug. (1988) I. 18 We overdairingly proceeded along a fine sandy beech.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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