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单词 over-early
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over-earlyadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvərˈəːli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈərli/
Forms: see over- prefix and early adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, early adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + early adj. Compare earlier over-early adv.
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.

Brit. /ˌəʊvərˈəːli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈərli/
Forms: see over- prefix and early adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, early adv.
Etymology: < over- prefix + early adv.
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).
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