单词 | overdoing |
释义 | overdoingn. The action of overdo v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > excessive action overdoing1340 dramatizing1808 theatricalization1875 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > going beyond bounds > doing to excess overdoing1340 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 258 (MED) Þe wyfmen hi ssolle ham agrayþi mid sobrete, þet is to zigge, be mesure and wyþ-oute ouerdoinge. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 260 (MED) Nimeþ ye hede..þet þou ne do ouerdoinge of mete and of drinke. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 53 (MED) Man awe gretly eschewe ouerdoynge and ouerabundance of despensz. 1648 F. Nethersole Project for Peace 22 In amendment of..our failings, and over-doings. 1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 44 The Success prov'd otherwise; this over-doing undid all: For every body began to look upon her as one prepared to be the King's Mistress. 1822 G. Darley Errors of Ecstasie 32 Yet by perverse and wilful overdoings, Turning thy gifts to utter damnatives. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxiv. 332 When you cook another whale-steak..I'll tell you what to do so as not to spoil it by overdoing. Hold the steak in one hand [etc.]. 1891 Athenæum 2 May 563/1 The short~comings—or rather the overdoing—of the author are only too apparent. 1917 Sci. Monthly Dec. 540 Other common Freudian factors may be noted. There is over-determination, overdoing—in excess of recoil, through some internal resistance or scruple. 1994 Summit Bank Third Quarter 2/1 Limit the intensity of your workouts to avoid overdoing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overdoingadj. Now rare. That overdoes or does too much; excessive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extravagant, excessive overdoinga1425 ramping1484 egregious1566 desperatea1568 outlandish1588 hyperbolical1589 furious1671 wanton1680 outré1722 steep1856 plush horse1936 a1425 (a1400) Titus & Vespasian 2319 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1904) 112 37 (MED) Wið ouerdoyng ioye come al þis wo, And with ouerdoyng sorowe hit muste awey go. 1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares iv. sig. G4v This straine of mourning..like an ouer-doing Actor, affects grossly. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. v. 11 in Wks. II You grow so insolent with it, and ouerdoing, Iohn. 1756 W. Dodd Nature of Fasting (ed. 2) 9 The very extraordinary and over-doing hypocrites. 1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life (1869) xxii. 318 The one thing needful, quite passed by in her overdoing carefulness. 1998 Nation (Pakistan) (Nexis) 22 May Things were not that bad. It was an overdoing situation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340adj.a1425 |
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