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单词 over-rigorous
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over-rigorousadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈrɪɡ(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrɪɡ(ə)rəs/
Forms: see over- prefix and rigorous adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, rigorous adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + rigorous adj. Compare slightly earlier over-rigorously adv.
Excessively rigorous; too harsh.
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society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > extremely strict or rigorous > excessively
over-rigorous1597
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lx. 131 We thereupon inferre a necessitie ouer rigorous and extreame.
a1625 Pageant of Iacob in Stonyhurst Pageants (1920) 2 You were ouer rigorous in punishinge my daughters rape.
1835 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. xx. 302 An over-rigorous bond upon Christian liberty.
1865 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) 24 126 There doubtless appeared to be greater danger from an over rigorous loyalty.
1907 Classical Philol. 2 64 (note) These advocates of an over-rigorous doctrine of the caesura are led into all manner of inconsistencies.
1941 Jrnl. Philos. 38 232 This statement was a concession to an over-rigorous conception of what deserves the name of ‘knowledge’.
1984 J. D. G. Sloss & M. E. Burkett William Green of Ambleside (BNC) 23 His confinement was not over-rigorous, as ‘the worthy jailer Smith’ took him out for a walk while he was there.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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