over-mickleadj.adv.n.

Brit.

/əʊvəˈmɪk(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈmɪk(ə)l/, Scottish English

/ovərˈmɪk(ə)l/

Forms: see over- prefix and mickle adj.

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

Etymology: < over- prefix + mickle adj. Compare Old Icelandic yfirmikill.

Now Scottish and English regional (northern).

A. adj.

Too much, overmuch, excessive. Also occasionally: very much.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree

overmeteeOE

unmeeteOE

unimeteOE

unmethelyOE

over-mickleOE

hoflesc1175

overmucha1300

unskilwisea1340

unskilfulc1370

luxuriousc1374

overseemingc1384

superfluec1384

unreasonablea1387

outrageousc1390

over-greatc1390

overlargec1390

overgrowna1398

unmeasurablea1398

unmoderatea1398

unordinatea1398

immoderate1398

rankc1400

overabundantc1410

excessivea1420

superabundant?a1425

unmeasureda1425

superfluousc1475

nimious?c1500

surfeitc1500

overliberala1535

torc1540

exceeding1548

distemperate1557

over-ranka1568

overswelling1582

accessive1583

overaboundinga1600

overteeming1603

excessful1633

overproportionated1647

superproportioned1652

over-proportioned1662

overproportionate1672

unduea1684

unequal1704

unmerciful1707

hypermetric1854

hypertrophied1879

over the top1980

OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 65 Butan hy ouermicel geswinc habben.

OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. vii. 26 On þære tide wæs sio ofermycelo hæto on ealre worulde.

c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2784 Ouer muchel [v.r. ouer mychel] reste norissheth and causeth manye vices.

c1400 Life St. Anne (Minn.) (1928) 2177 (MED) He can ouer mekell gude.

a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 28 (MED) Ouir-mikil drinke dose man ofte do folie.

a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 54 (MED) Seynt Bernard..þoruȝ ouermykil fastyng & wakyng enfeblisschid his kynde.

a1500 Ratis Raving 293 It at I call our-mekile thing Is outrag, our-gret ȝarnyng.

?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Mij^v This ouirmickle precisenes.

1610 in A. Shearer Extracts Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1951) 74 [His] evill toung and over meikle drink.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 183 He held ower muckle trocking and communing wi' that Meg Merrilies, wha was the most notorious witch in all Galloway.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Overmickle, owermickle, overmuch.

1877 G. Fraser Wigtown 376 A think that pitawtas an' fleuks three times a day is full ower muckle.

1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 63 He'll be a peerie while yet afore he's flowan watter, so I hae ower muckle time.

1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Dec. 8 The burgesses thought this a capital plan—provided they did not have to expend ower muckle capital on it.

B. adv.

Too much, overmuch, excessively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb]

overlyOE

overswitheOE

over-micklec1230

overmucha1382

over-measurea1387

overdonec1390

overlargelyc1390

overfara1400

superflue?a1425

overgatea1450

overdonelyc1450

over-highlyc1454

excessivelyc1460

superfluously1528

stinkingly1545

excessive1569

over-greatly1599

unmercifully1611

overgrownly1668

extravagantlya1715

preponderously1835

faultily1855

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 92 Ȝef ei ancre is þe ne ueleð nane fondunges swiðe drede iþet puint þet ha beo ouer muchel [?c1225 Cleo. swiðe muchel] & ouer swiðe ifondet.

a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 114 (MED) Ler þu þe neuer ouer-mukil to lewen [perh. read leȝen].

c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 66 (MED) Prechours..warnen..hem þat han ȝouen ouer mychel her loue to erþelich þinges.

c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2784 Enclyneth yow nat ouer muchel [v.r. ouer mychel] for to slepe.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 9606 (MED) It semes þat he es wittles Or over mykel hardend in wikkednes.

1482 Monk of Evesham 99 Sche louyd her kynnys folke ouermekyl carnaly.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. vii. f. 20 Thai quhilkis traistis owyr mekle in yair awin wisdome.

1613 in G. R. Kinloch Select. Minutes Synod of Fife (1837) 63 He resorted over mikle to the burgh of Perth.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 195 I think it may do—I think it might pass, if they winna bring it ower muckle in the light o' the window!

1896 S. Tynedale Stud. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 384/2 Robbie, though hardly what, to put it brutally, is styled ‘drunk’, had decidedly had what his countrymen call ‘a drop ower mickle’.

1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 7 But I winna sup ower muckle, for in a'thing there's a mids.

C. n.

An excessive amount; too much.In quot. 1865: excess.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity

un-i-fohOE

surfeita1393

superfluitya1398

over-micklea1400

overmucha1400

nimiety1542

superfluous1552

redundance1572

overflowing1574

overflush1581

overflow1589

overmeasure1591

redundancy1601

a too-much1604

pleonasm1616

overfloat1619

overmuchnessa1637

supernumerariness1652

plusa1721

supervacaneousness1730

supersaturate1860

too-muchness1875

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13066 (MED) Iohn, ouer mikel [a1400 Gött. ouer mekil; a1400 Fairf. euer mykil; a1400 Trin. Cambr. to muche] has þou spoken.

a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 24 For-getil ah sho noht to be, Ne ouir-mikil haue, Ne ouir-mikil waste of þat fallis to þe huse.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Laud) in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 743 (MED) Be meek in mesour, nat hasty, but tretable; Ouer mekyll is nat worth in no thyng.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 201 Yneuch and oure mekil of wilfull furie.

1581 W. Fowler Wks. (1936) II. 25 But wald God this had bene all quhilk was ouer mekill.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xv. 334 I am sure ten and sixpence is na ower muckle.

1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes II. xxii. 212 The mune's jist like the sun wi' the ower-muckle taen oot o' 't.

1895 ‘G. Setoun’ Sunshine 59 They're keen o' a grum'le that grum'le about ower muckle.

1976 R. Bulter Shaela 12 For siccan a maes as dey med..'Twis ower muckle.

1987 J. J. Graham Shadowed Valley v. 35 As if we didna pay owre muckle as it is.

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

单词	over-mickle
释义	over-mickleadj.adv.n. Brit. /əʊvəˈmɪk(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmɪk(ə)l/, Scottish English /ovərˈmɪk(ə)l/ Forms: see over- prefix and mickle adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, mickle adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + mickle adj. Compare Old Icelandic yfirmikill. Now Scottish and English regional (northern). A. adj. Too much, overmuch, excessive. Also occasionally: very much. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree overmeteeOE unmeeteOE unimeteOE unmethelyOE over-mickleOE hoflesc1175 overmucha1300 unskilwisea1340 unskilfulc1370 luxuriousc1374 overseemingc1384 superfluec1384 unreasonablea1387 outrageousc1390 over-greatc1390 overlargec1390 overgrowna1398 unmeasurablea1398 unmoderatea1398 unordinatea1398 immoderate1398 rankc1400 overabundantc1410 excessivea1420 superabundant?a1425 unmeasureda1425 superfluousc1475 nimious?c1500 surfeitc1500 overliberala1535 torc1540 exceeding1548 distemperate1557 over-ranka1568 overswelling1582 accessive1583 overaboundinga1600 overteeming1603 excessful1633 overproportionated1647 superproportioned1652 over-proportioned1662 overproportionate1672 unduea1684 unequal1704 unmerciful1707 hypermetric1854 hypertrophied1879 over the top1980 OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 65 Butan hy ouermicel geswinc habben. OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. vii. 26 On þære tide wæs sio ofermycelo hæto on ealre worulde. c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2784 Ouer muchel [v.r. ouer mychel] reste norissheth and causeth manye vices. c1400 Life St. Anne (Minn.) (1928) 2177 (MED) He can ouer mekell gude. a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 28 (MED) Ouir-mikil drinke dose man ofte do folie. a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 54 (MED) Seynt Bernard..þoruȝ ouermykil fastyng & wakyng enfeblisschid his kynde. a1500 Ratis Raving 293 It at I call our-mekile thing Is outrag, our-gret ȝarnyng. ?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Mij^v This ouirmickle precisenes. 1610 in A. Shearer Extracts Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1951) 74 [His] evill toung and over meikle drink. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 183 He held ower muckle trocking and communing wi' that Meg Merrilies, wha was the most notorious witch in all Galloway. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Overmickle, owermickle, overmuch. 1877 G. Fraser Wigtown 376 A think that pitawtas an' fleuks three times a day is full ower muckle. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 63 He'll be a peerie while yet afore he's flowan watter, so I hae ower muckle time. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Dec. 8 The burgesses thought this a capital plan—provided they did not have to expend ower muckle capital on it. B. adv. Too much, overmuch, excessively. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] overlyOE overswitheOE over-micklec1230 overmucha1382 over-measurea1387 overdonec1390 overlargelyc1390 overfara1400 superflue?a1425 overgatea1450 overdonelyc1450 over-highlyc1454 excessivelyc1460 superfluously1528 stinkingly1545 excessive1569 over-greatly1599 unmercifully1611 overgrownly1668 extravagantlya1715 preponderously1835 faultily1855 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 92 Ȝef ei ancre is þe ne ueleð nane fondunges swiðe drede iþet puint þet ha beo ouer muchel [?c1225 Cleo. swiðe muchel] & ouer swiðe ifondet. a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 114 (MED) Ler þu þe neuer ouer-mukil to lewen [perh. read leȝen]. c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 66 (MED) Prechours..warnen..hem þat han ȝouen ouer mychel her loue to erþelich þinges. c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2784 Enclyneth yow nat ouer muchel [v.r. ouer mychel] for to slepe. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 9606 (MED) It semes þat he es wittles Or over mykel hardend in wikkednes. 1482 Monk of Evesham 99 Sche louyd her kynnys folke ouermekyl carnaly. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. vii. f. 20 Thai quhilkis traistis owyr mekle in yair awin wisdome. 1613 in G. R. Kinloch Select. Minutes Synod of Fife (1837) 63 He resorted over mikle to the burgh of Perth. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 195 I think it may do—I think it might pass, if they winna bring it ower muckle in the light o' the window! 1896 S. Tynedale Stud. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 384/2 Robbie, though hardly what, to put it brutally, is styled ‘drunk’, had decidedly had what his countrymen call ‘a drop ower mickle’. 1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 7 But I winna sup ower muckle, for in a'thing there's a mids. C. n. An excessive amount; too much.In quot. 1865: excess. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity un-i-fohOE surfeita1393 superfluitya1398 over-micklea1400 overmucha1400 nimiety1542 superfluous1552 redundance1572 overflowing1574 overflush1581 overflow1589 overmeasure1591 redundancy1601 a too-much1604 pleonasm1616 overfloat1619 overmuchnessa1637 supernumerariness1652 plusa1721 supervacaneousness1730 supersaturate1860 too-muchness1875 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13066 (MED) Iohn, ouer mikel [a1400 Gött. ouer mekil; a1400 Fairf. euer mykil; a1400 Trin. Cambr. to muche] has þou spoken. a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 24 For-getil ah sho noht to be, Ne ouir-mikil haue, Ne ouir-mikil waste of þat fallis to þe huse. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Laud) in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 743 (MED) Be meek in mesour, nat hasty, but tretable; Ouer mekyll is nat worth in no thyng. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 201 Yneuch and oure mekil of wilfull furie. 1581 W. Fowler Wks. (1936) II. 25 But wald God this had bene all quhilk was ouer mekill. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xv. 334 I am sure ten and sixpence is na ower muckle. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes II. xxii. 212 The mune's jist like the sun wi' the ower-muckle taen oot o' 't. 1895 ‘G. Setoun’ Sunshine 59 They're keen o' a grum'le that grum'le about ower muckle. 1976 R. Bulter Shaela 12 For siccan a maes as dey med..'Twis ower muckle. 1987 J. J. Graham Shadowed Valley v. 35 As if we didna pay owre muckle as it is. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.n.OE
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