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单词 overbrimming
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overbrimmingn.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbrɪmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbrɪmɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, brimming n.2
Etymology: < over- prefix + brimming n.2, after to brim over at brim v.3 2 or overbrim v.
The action of overbrim v. Now chiefly in filled to overbrimming: more than full; overflowing.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > fullness > to or over the brim
brimfulnessa1616
brimming1851
overbrimming1858
1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Jrnls. II. 197 The overbrimming of the town in generations subsequent.
1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 3 July 1 c The closet..is filled to overbrimming with every possible kind of apparel.
1997 Independent (Nexis) 25 Nov. 4 I do not see how..McLeish could have..presented more acutely the act of disobedience as the unconscious overbrimming of this imagined sense of togetherness.
2002 Nation's Restaurant News (Nexis) 1 Apr. 19 Every restaurant she'd been to during her three-day trip was filled to almost overbrimming.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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