over-marryv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈmari/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈmɛri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, marry v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + marry v.

transitive. To marry above one's station or beyond one's means. Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [verb (intransitive)] > marry with social superior

over-marry1610

to marry above (also below, beneath) oneself (occasionally also one's match)1721

to marry up1908

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 368 Iohn..passed over his repudiated wife with the Honor of Glocester, to Geffrey Mandevil,..for 20000 markes, who thus over-marrying himselfe was greatly impoverished.

1844 Quarterly Rev. Dec. 109 Fancy being the eldest wife of a younger son who had over-married himself.

1990 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Nov. c3 Dick and I have something in common. That is that we both overmarried.

2000 Miami Herald (Nexis) 31 July 1 a Every young man's goal should be to overmarry, and the governor accomplished that in fine fashion..I think she's great. She's smart, pretty. She civilized him.

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

单词	over-marry
释义	over-marryv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈmari/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmɛri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, marry v. Etymology: < over- prefix + marry v. transitive. To marry above one's station or beyond one's means. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [verb (intransitive)] > marry with social superior over-marry1610 to marry above (also below, beneath) oneself (occasionally also one's match)1721 to marry up1908 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 368 Iohn..passed over his repudiated wife with the Honor of Glocester, to Geffrey Mandevil,..for 20000 markes, who thus over-marrying himselfe was greatly impoverished. 1844 Quarterly Rev. Dec. 109 Fancy being the eldest wife of a younger son who had over-married himself. 1990 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Nov. c3 Dick and I have something in common. That is that we both overmarried. 2000 Miami Herald (Nexis) 31 July 1 a Every young man's goal should be to overmarry, and the governor accomplished that in fine fashion..I think she's great. She's smart, pretty. She civilized him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1610
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