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单词 overfine
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overfineadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfaɪn/
Forms: see over- prefix and fine adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, fine adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + fine adj.
Excessively fine; over-refined.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [adjective] > fine > extremely
overfine1553
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of simplicity > [adjective] > over-refined
overfine1668
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. sig. y2 Speake as is commonly received: neither sekyng to be over fine, nor yet livyng over carelesse.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. x. sig. Q.ij/2 Pure flowre for ouerfine breade.
a1628 F. Greville Alaham ii. iv, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 39 Thy cobwebs, like th'Astrologers thinne line, Fit for discourse, for vse are ouer-fine.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iv. xx. 339 This fetch of yours is over-fine and witty.
1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 273 Aiming at hard words, or an over~fine pronunciation of such as are common.
1862 Athenæum 8 Nov. 588 The phrases ‘Our Feathered Families’, and ‘Birds of Song’ are, we submit, affected and over-fine.
1900 Temple Bar Sept. 63 A saint, no doubt, but surely for such work an over-fine and brilliant instrument.
1929 J. Owen Shepherd & Child v. 60 In a man of what is called education such eyes would seem to express overfine taste.
1993 M. Gee Going West (1994) 96 He was fat-faced and round-headed, with over-fine unhealthy cat-like hair and a grinny mouth.

Derivatives

ˌoverˈfineness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun]
curiosityc1386
delicacya1393
curiousnessc1440
delicatesse1509
delicateness?1529
daintethness1548
exquisiteness?c1550
over-curiousness1573
featness1577
daintiness1579
dainty1590
finicality1594
niceness1604
squeamishness1654
fastidiousness1661
choicenessa1665
overnicety1664
finicalness1675
hypercriticism1678
overniceness1694
nicety1723
over-delicacy1745
daintihood1780
finickiness1833
finicism1844
over-criticism1859
overfineness1859
particularness1859
faddiness1865
finicking1869
picksomeness1881
pernicketiness1890
perfectionism1937
choosiness1945
pickiness1952
1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 135 In the mouths of base interpreters, From over-fineness not intelligible..Is thy white blamelessness accounted blame!
1983 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 43 584 (note) The mint officials involved in the overfineness of the silver dollar were not punished.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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