overfulladj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈfʊl/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈfʊl/

Forms: see over- prefix and full adj.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overvol (Dutch overvol ), Old High German ubarfol (Middle High German übervol , German übervoll ), Icelandic yfirfullur , Old Swedish ivirfulder (Swedish överfull ), Gothic ufarfulls < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of full adj. Compare overfill n.¹

a. Of a container, receptacle, etc.: excessively full, full to overflowing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > excessively full

overfullOE

overfilledc1230

engorged1562

plethoric1644

supercharged1784

overglutted1792

overstuffed1808

OE tr. Bili St. Machutus 105 Næfre [ne] sie seo wombe oferful.

OE Lambeth Psalter lxxvii. 65 Crapulatus a uino : acworren uel oferfull fram wine.

a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 28 (MED) Bot sho sal loke þat þai ne be not ouir-ful ne drunkin.

1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks i. 3 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Th'unmeasurable haruests breake his barnes (being ouerfull).

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 113 But, being ouer full of selfe affaires, My minde did loose it.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Caros, a disease in the Head which is caused by an over full stomach and want of concoction.

1752 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts (new ed.) iii, in Wks. & Rest of Creation 215 Saints..In his pleas'd Presence, over-full of Bliss!

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Fellow commoner, an empty bottle, so called at the University at Cambridge, where fellow commoners are not in general considered as over full of learning.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 317 His heart was overfull.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 560 The stomach dilates and becomes over-full.

1917 A. Pollitzer Let. 7 Jan. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 237 We stood out in our garden among the big sago palms—the sky was a black prussian-blue—& over-full of thick shaggy clouds.

1973 E. Jong Fear of Flying (1974) xii. 175 One of the cats would leap on an overfull can of garbage.

†b. Of a substance: abundant. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 71 Þeos þreo maner men habbeð ine heouene mid ouer fulle mede.

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

单词	overfull
释义	overfulladj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfʊl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfʊl/ Forms: see over- prefix and full adj. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overvol (Dutch overvol ), Old High German ubarfol (Middle High German übervol , German übervoll ), Icelandic yfirfullur , Old Swedish ivirfulder (Swedish överfull ), Gothic ufarfulls < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of full adj. Compare overfill n.¹ a. Of a container, receptacle, etc.: excessively full, full to overflowing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > excessively full overfullOE overfilledc1230 engorged1562 plethoric1644 supercharged1784 overglutted1792 overstuffed1808 OE tr. Bili St. Machutus 105 Næfre [ne] sie seo wombe oferful. OE Lambeth Psalter lxxvii. 65 Crapulatus a uino : acworren uel oferfull fram wine. a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 28 (MED) Bot sho sal loke þat þai ne be not ouir-ful ne drunkin. 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks i. 3 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Th'unmeasurable haruests breake his barnes (being ouerfull). 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 113 But, being ouer full of selfe affaires, My minde did loose it. View more context for this quotation 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Caros, a disease in the Head which is caused by an over full stomach and want of concoction. 1752 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts (new ed.) iii, in Wks. & Rest of Creation 215 Saints..In his pleas'd Presence, over-full of Bliss! 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Fellow commoner, an empty bottle, so called at the University at Cambridge, where fellow commoners are not in general considered as over full of learning. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 317 His heart was overfull. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 560 The stomach dilates and becomes over-full. 1917 A. Pollitzer Let. 7 Jan. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 237 We stood out in our garden among the big sago palms—the sky was a black prussian-blue—& over-full of thick shaggy clouds. 1973 E. Jong Fear of Flying (1974) xii. 175 One of the cats would leap on an overfull can of garbage. †b. Of a substance: abundant. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 71 Þeos þreo maner men habbeð ine heouene mid ouer fulle mede. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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