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单词 overfondle
释义

overfondlev.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfɒndl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfɑnd(ə)l/
Forms: see over- prefix and fondle v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, fondle v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + fondle v.
transitive. To fondle excessively. Also (now archaic): to pamper (a child).
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the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress [verb (transitive)] > fondle too much
overfondle1723
1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 143 Infants that are froward, and by being over-fondl'd made humoursome.
1960 G. Reavey tr. V. Mayakovsky Bedbug 91 The earth, bulging like a mistress whom Rothschild had overfondled!
1999 in M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Men (new ed.) Introd. p. xxii The..woman..has little..to do but suckle her baby and make sure she does not overfondle it.

Derivatives

overˈfondled adj. rare
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1812 J. Galt Lady Macbeth iii. ix, in Trag. 150 As when a father mourns the dismal end Of his o'er-fondled, long-unchidden son.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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