overdoneadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈdʌn/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈdən/

Forms: see overdo v.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English overdone , overdo v.

Etymology: < overdone, past participle of overdo v.

A. adj.

That is overdone (in various senses of the verb); carried to excess; exaggerated; overcooked.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extreme > done to extremes

overdoneOE

overacted1628

stagy1860

sensationalized1879

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > going too far > carried too far

stretched1609

over-do1748

overdone1774

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked > overcooked or slightly burned

zamzawed1743

overdone1781

set-on1825

well-done1846

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 20 Omnia nimia nocent, þæt is ealle oferdone þing dæriað.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 107 (MED) Hie ne wile ðoliȝen non ouerdon þing; an oðer halue, ne to litel ne to michel.

c1350 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Emmanuel) (1948) 104 (MED) Ouerdon pride Wirchet nakede side, Mi leue child.

a1425 Templum Domini in R. Cornelius Figurative Castle (Ph.D. diss., Bryn Mawr Coll.) (1930) 93 Þe forth ston is þat man chastice His flesch..þe fyfte þat man in meke assyce Thole ouere-done hete þoth it last lange; þe sexte to let his flesch to ryse Ouere-done colde ȝit sall he fange.

c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 128 (MED) Iche..lord, gretly must be-war of superfluyte and ouirdone aboundauns in expensys or yiftys.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 53 (MED) Wete þat..largesse be attemprance be getyn, & þat foly and ouerdoon gyftys be eschewyd.

1623 State Papers (Colonial) 182 [Lilly was dismissed] because he would sometimes be overdone in drink.

1638 W. Rowley Shoo-maker Gentleman iii. l. 251 What will you say if this young Rogue has beene a wenching to night? Some overdone thing or other makes velvet of his black browes.

1774 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 57 With an over done civility.

1781 J. Woodforde Diary 24 Sept. (1924) I. 322 It was a shabby dinner and overdone.

1816 H. Downing Mary 164 Their calm indifference to the world's affairs, Reproach her deadness, and she fain, for one, Would call their zeal and ardour, overdone.

1853 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. II. xvi. 25 All the sandy prospect lay beneath the blazing sun burnt up like a great overdone biscuit.

1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 698 The studied obscurity and overdone piety of the special panegyrist.

1909 Mrs. H. Ward Daphne v. 99 The ceilings spoilt, the decorations ‘busy’, pretentious, overdone.

1994 Folk Roots Mar. 72/3 Lapses of taste in electric bass and well-played but overdone pedal steel.

†B. n.

Only in at overdone: at an excessive rate, to excess. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] > to excess

at overdonec1175

in (also to) superfluitya1398

in, to (an) excess1526

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2575 Swa þatt nan þing att oferrdon. Ne keppte ȝho to follȝhenn.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4592 All þatt iss att oferrdon Itt drifeþþ fra þin herrte.

†C. adv.

Excessively. Obsolete.

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

c1390 Cato's Distichs (Vernon) 631 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 609 (MED) Þe ouerdon gredi mon Beggeþ ofte his bred.

c1440 Privity of Passion (Thornton) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 240 (MED) Beholde his blyssede face all rynnande with rede blode. A, ȝee ouere-donnes [read overe-donne] blynde wreches!

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 106 (MED) Sumtyme þou art to ouerdone mery, & sumtyme to ouyrdone sory & to ouyr-done hevy.

a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 225 (MED) He was a fool in his vohw-makynge & wyckyd & ouyrdon cruel in þe fulfyllynge.

Derivatives

† overdonely adv. Obsolete rare 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

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 137 Ȝif þou ȝyve þi stodye to ouyrdonly to temperall occupacyoun for lucre.

ˌover-ˈdoneness n.

ΚΠ

1856 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Oct. 444/2 You will know his ‘young ladies’, by their excessive overdoneness, and by the bouquets they toss.

1995 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 16 Nov. h20 Doneness (or over-doneness) is not a problem; what you want is a good, brown color without scorching.

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

单词	overdone
释义	overdoneadj.n.adv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈdʌn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈdən/ Forms: see overdo v. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English overdone , overdo v. Etymology: < overdone, past participle of overdo v. A. adj. That is overdone (in various senses of the verb); carried to excess; exaggerated; overcooked. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extreme > done to extremes overdoneOE overacted1628 stagy1860 sensationalized1879 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > going too far > carried too far stretched1609 over-do1748 overdone1774 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked > overcooked or slightly burned zamzawed1743 overdone1781 set-on1825 well-done1846 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 20 Omnia nimia nocent, þæt is ealle oferdone þing dæriað. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 107 (MED) Hie ne wile ðoliȝen non ouerdon þing; an oðer halue, ne to litel ne to michel. c1350 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Emmanuel) (1948) 104 (MED) Ouerdon pride Wirchet nakede side, Mi leue child. a1425 Templum Domini in R. Cornelius Figurative Castle (Ph.D. diss., Bryn Mawr Coll.) (1930) 93 Þe forth ston is þat man chastice His flesch..þe fyfte þat man in meke assyce Thole ouere-done hete þoth it last lange; þe sexte to let his flesch to ryse Ouere-done colde ȝit sall he fange. c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 128 (MED) Iche..lord, gretly must be-war of superfluyte and ouirdone aboundauns in expensys or yiftys. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 53 (MED) Wete þat..largesse be attemprance be getyn, & þat foly and ouerdoon gyftys be eschewyd. 1623 State Papers (Colonial) 182 [Lilly was dismissed] because he would sometimes be overdone in drink. 1638 W. Rowley Shoo-maker Gentleman iii. l. 251 What will you say if this young Rogue has beene a wenching to night? Some overdone thing or other makes velvet of his black browes. 1774 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 57 With an over done civility. 1781 J. Woodforde Diary 24 Sept. (1924) I. 322 It was a shabby dinner and overdone. 1816 H. Downing Mary 164 Their calm indifference to the world's affairs, Reproach her deadness, and she fain, for one, Would call their zeal and ardour, overdone. 1853 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. II. xvi. 25 All the sandy prospect lay beneath the blazing sun burnt up like a great overdone biscuit. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 698 The studied obscurity and overdone piety of the special panegyrist. 1909 Mrs. H. Ward Daphne v. 99 The ceilings spoilt, the decorations ‘busy’, pretentious, overdone. 1994 Folk Roots Mar. 72/3 Lapses of taste in electric bass and well-played but overdone pedal steel. †B. n. Only in at overdone: at an excessive rate, to excess. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] > to excess at overdonec1175 in (also to) superfluitya1398 in, to (an) excess1526 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2575 Swa þatt nan þing att oferrdon. Ne keppte ȝho to follȝhenn. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4592 All þatt iss att oferrdon Itt drifeþþ fra þin herrte. †C. adv. Excessively. Obsolete. 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 c1390 Cato's Distichs (Vernon) 631 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 609 (MED) Þe ouerdon gredi mon Beggeþ ofte his bred. c1440 Privity of Passion (Thornton) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 240 (MED) Beholde his blyssede face all rynnande with rede blode. A, ȝee ouere-donnes [read overe-donne] blynde wreches! c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 106 (MED) Sumtyme þou art to ouerdone mery, & sumtyme to ouyrdone sory & to ouyr-done hevy. a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 225 (MED) He was a fool in his vohw-makynge & wyckyd & ouyrdon cruel in þe fulfyllynge. Derivatives † overdonely adv. Obsolete rare 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 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 137 Ȝif þou ȝyve þi stodye to ouyrdonly to temperall occupacyoun for lucre. ˌover-ˈdoneness n. ΚΠ 1856 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Oct. 444/2 You will know his ‘young ladies’, by their excessive overdoneness, and by the bouquets they toss. 1995 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 16 Nov. h20 Doneness (or over-doneness) is not a problem; what you want is a good, brown color without scorching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.adv.OE
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