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单词 over-easiness
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over-easinessn.

Brit. /ˌəʊvərˈiːzɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈizinᵻs/
Forms: see over- prefix and easiness n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, easiness n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + easiness n., after overeasy adj.1
Now rare.
The quality or state of being too easy; an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > excessive easiness
over-easiness1698
1698 T. Dilke Pretenders ii. 14 You that are Women, either affectation makes troublesome, pride makes you imperious, or an over easiness makes you nauseous.
1754 T. Turner Diary 8 Feb. (1925) (modernized text) 3 I know I shall never be able to comply therewith in so strickt a manner as I should chuse, by the unstable and over-easyness of my temper.
1843 J. H. Newman Ess. Miracles 340 The historian had no leaning towards over-easiness of belief.
1866 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 659 Dick, whose faults were those of over-easiness, was now vexed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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