over-earnestadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvərˈəːnᵻst/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈərnəst/

Forms: see over- prefix and earnest adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, earnest adj.

Etymology: < over- prefix + earnest adj.

Excessively earnest.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > sincere emotion > [adjective] > excessively

over-earnest1568

1568 G. Turberville tr. D. Mancinus Plaine Path to Perfect Vertue sig. Avij^v Long time to spende With ouer earnest studie in such things as in the ende Are..not to be attainde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 176 Yes Cassius,..When you are ouer-earnest with your Brutus, Hee'l thinke your Mother chides, and leaue you so.

1628 R. Gomersall Tragedie of Lodovick Sforza iv. iii. 47 I doe not loue these ouer-earnest dreames.

a1722 J. Toland tr. Pliny in Coll. Several Pieces (1726) II. 50 Are you hinder'd..by an over-earnest desire of encreasing your estate?

1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 27 Some mischief happened..from this over-earnest zeal.

1836 W. G. Simms Mellichampe I. v. 62 She fights shy, and does not seem over-earnest to listen to my courtier speeches.

1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. ix. 263 Friedrich has more to do with business, of a manifold and over-earnest nature, than with Carnival gaieties.

1953 L. S. Mitchell Two Lives xii. 194 They [sc. students at Berkeley] were so different from the overearnest students at Radcliffe.

1996 Prospect Mar. 18/1 Their antagonism is betrayed by their over-earnest protestation that their views have no basis in racial feeling.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	over-earnest
释义	over-earnestadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvərˈəːnᵻst/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈərnəst/ Forms: see over- prefix and earnest adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, earnest adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + earnest adj. Excessively earnest. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > sincere emotion > [adjective] > excessively over-earnest1568 1568 G. Turberville tr. D. Mancinus Plaine Path to Perfect Vertue sig. Avij^v Long time to spende With ouer earnest studie in such things as in the ende Are..not to be attainde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 176 Yes Cassius,..When you are ouer-earnest with your Brutus, Hee'l thinke your Mother chides, and leaue you so. View more context for this quotation 1628 R. Gomersall Tragedie of Lodovick Sforza iv. iii. 47 I doe not loue these ouer-earnest dreames. a1722 J. Toland tr. Pliny in Coll. Several Pieces (1726) II. 50 Are you hinder'd..by an over-earnest desire of encreasing your estate? 1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 27 Some mischief happened..from this over-earnest zeal. 1836 W. G. Simms Mellichampe I. v. 62 She fights shy, and does not seem over-earnest to listen to my courtier speeches. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. ix. 263 Friedrich has more to do with business, of a manifold and over-earnest nature, than with Carnival gaieties. 1953 L. S. Mitchell Two Lives xii. 194 They [sc. students at Berkeley] were so different from the overearnest students at Radcliffe. 1996 Prospect Mar. 18/1 Their antagonism is betrayed by their over-earnest protestation that their views have no basis in racial feeling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1568
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