overbredadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈbrɛd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbrɛd/ Chiefly depreciative.
Too well-bred (and thus haughty or condescending in manner); bred within too limited a stock. Also in extended use.
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1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα Pref. 14 These (over-bred, and too much Gentlemen) may consider, That a good man may be more wary than wise.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xiii. 214 The miserable, stunted specimen of over-bred imbecility which had ridden over me the day before!
1937 Life 26 July 27/1 Charlie McCarthy, the overbred brat of the radio, is so insufferably satisfied with himself that it is risky to praise him in public.
1991 P. Slater Dream Deferred i. 10 An overbred horse subject to frequent ailments.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1659- heartfretting
- heartful
- heartfull
- heartfully
- heartfulness
- heartgnawing
- heartgrudge
- hearth
- hearth and home
- hearth baken
- hearth bottom
- hearth broom
- hearth brush
- hearth cinder
- hearth cricket
- hearth ends
- hearth fire
- hearth fly
- hearth light
- hearth money
- hearth plate
- hearth stock
- hearth tax
- hearth tidy
- hearth tool