单词 | over-early |
释义 | over-earlyadj. Too early; premature. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > early or premature rathe1340 soona1400 premature?1530 fore-ripeda1533 untimeousc1540 immature1548 overtimely1548 prematurate1570 oversoona1586 over-early1605 premiseda1616 prematured1692 unearthly1865 previous1869 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G1v Another Errour..is the ouer-early and peremptorie reduction of Knowledge into Arts and Methodes. View more context for this quotation 1850 Harper's Mag. June 115/2 To teach dangers to come on, by an over-early buckling towards them, is another extreme. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. x. 49 This over-early marriage among the Coolies is a very serious evil. 1902 J. Payne Poet. Wks. II. 352 Begone, ye wanton, over-early wakers, Nor tear my tired ears with your shrilling call! 1919 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. Great Brit. & Irel. 49 158 It seems perhaps over-early to form any theory. 2002 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 30 Sept. 7 c An over-early infraction in the fifth [race] ended up leaving him just behind Chapman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). over-earlyadv. At too early a time; prematurely. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > early, too early, or prematurely ratheOE oversoona1400 overtimelya1400 untimeously1513 before his (also her, etc.) time1545 abortively1552 immaturely1572 untimelya1586 forwardlya1641 prematurely1641 premature1754 ahead of oneself1854 over-early1856 beforetimes1885 a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 11/12 Þe barne þat is done fra his modir milke ouir-arlike. 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau i. i. sig. A.ijv We disease our tent and neighbours all With rising ouer early eche day when ye call. 1696 J. Pechey tr. T. Sydenham Whole Wks. iii. ii. 104 They who over-early and unseasonably pour down Cordials. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 3 Children learn by such, Love's holy earnest in a pretty play, And get not over-early solemnised. 1881 W. Carleton Farm Festivals 27 I went home over-early on that eve. 1922 M. E. Christie Henry VI iv. 119 The young Henry..now found the responsibilities of government over-early thrust upon him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1605adv.a1425 |
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