overwornadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈwɔːn/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈwɔrn/

Forms: see over- prefix and worn adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English overworn , overwear v.

Etymology: < overworn, past participle of overwear v.

a. Worn by excessive use; much worn; shabby, threadbare; †faded (obsolete). Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > having lost freshness

fade1303

welkeda1325

walloweda1400

forfaded1413

overworn1565

faded1574

tarnished1716

tired1766

weltered1855

swivelled1898

1565 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 221 One overworne fether bed w^t a good boster x^s.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 400 Come there once over their head a coat of some overworne colour, it never goes off nor is changed.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 49 A beaten-out pulpit cushion, an oreworne Communion-cloth.

1727 W. Somervile Fable xiv, in Occas. Poems 253 My Credit like my Garment torn, Thread bare, and ragged, over-worn: But soon I patch'd it up again.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 157 Alas! even our prose writings..trick themselves out in the soiled and over-worn finery of the meretricious muse.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) Apparel worn as long as is thought fit, thrown aside, and given to servants, or the poor, is called ‘overworn clothes’.

1985 Sports Illustr. (Nexis) 21 Oct. 83 All I own is four pair of overworn jeans, a couple of shirts and a brand-new Sony color TV.

1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 Oct. 10 The delay convinced Children's Medical Center officials to..report a case of possible abuse... This activated the overworn machinery the state has in place to protect the young and helpless.

b. figurative. Of a word, phrase, etc.: spoilt by too much use; hackneyed, stale.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull > stale or mechanical

vinnied1563

overworn1578

seta1616

stock1738

hackneyed1747

commonplace1801

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stereotypic1884

cliché1895

cliché-ridden1920

clichéd1925

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 7 You shal assone catch a Hare with a Taber, as you shal perswade youth, with your aged & ouerworn eloquence.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 58 Who you are, and what you would are out of my welkin, I might say Element, but the word is ouer-worne .

1993 Washington Times (Nexis) 17 Dec. c2 Hindsight, to use an overworn cliche, is 20-20.

2002 TheStreet.com (Nexis) 29 Aug. There was also (dare I say it?) bargain hunting, an overworn phrase I'm loath to use.

2. Esp. of a person: worn out or exhausted by age, work, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]

wearyc825

asadc1306

ateyntc1325

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taintc1380

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tewedc1440

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half-dead1601

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tiry1611

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dog-wearya1616

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embossed1651

outspent1652

exhausted1667

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told out1822

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traiky1825

overfatigued1834

outwearied1837

done like (a) dinner1838

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used up1839

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ready (or fit) to drop1892

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ground-down1897

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stove-up1901

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ragged1912

beat up1914

done in1917

whacked1919

washy1922

pooped1928

shattered1930

punchy1932

shagged1932

shot1939

whipped1940

buggered1942

flaked (out)1942

fucked1949

sold-out1958

wiped1958

burnt out1959

wrung out1962

juiced1965

hanging1971

zonked1972

maxed1978

raddled1978

zoned1980

cream crackered1983

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. H^v I espied a far off, a certeine kind of an ouerworne Gentleman attired in Veluet and sattyn.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Biij^v Ore-worne, despised, reumatique, and cold.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxii. 43/1 The Romans..whose over-worne Empire ending in Britaine, the Saxons by strong hand attained this Prouince.

1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 390 This overworn mother shall be freed from her care of nourishing man.

1737 H. Baker Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 447 With watching over-worn, with Cares opprest; Unhappy I had laid me down to Rest, And heavy Sleep my weary Limbs possess'd.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 144 For Merlin, overtalk'd and overworn, Had yielded, told her all the charm, and slept.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. vii. lxx. 140 I did not watch by him last night,..I was overworn.

1922 G. Moore Let. 11 June in R. Hart-Davis Lett. to Lady Cunard (1979) 123 The few who care to see me must come here, for I am overworn; the burden of work seems to increase year by year.

1985 ‘E. Peters’ Excellent Myst. (1986) iii. 33 ‘If I'm overworn, yes—it happens,’ said the bluish lips, without complaint.

†3. Past, gone; passed away. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [adjective] > passing or elapsing > passed or elapsed

overworn1593

wasted1609

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiij Musing the morning is so much ore-worne, And yet she heares no tidings of her loue.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam i. 1 Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn .

1891 E. Dowson Let. 5 Mar. (1967) 186 The day..when this impecunious tyranny is overworn.

†4. Fallen out of use or currency; obsolete. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > fallen out of use or obsolete

oldOE

outworna1522

stale1550

obsolete1579

overgone1581

overworn1603

disused1611

exolete1611

absoletea1613

worn-out1612

outdated1616

lapsed1667

exploded1709

supersededa1831

rinky-dink1913

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 123 To defend the ouerworne right that his father and grandfather had vnto that lost kingdome.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 314 Rude verses in an old and overworne character.

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

单词	overworn
释义	overwornadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈwɔːn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈwɔrn/ Forms: see over- prefix and worn adj. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English overworn , overwear v. Etymology: < overworn, past participle of overwear v. 1. a. Worn by excessive use; much worn; shabby, threadbare; †faded (obsolete). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > having lost freshness fade1303 welkeda1325 walloweda1400 forfaded1413 overworn1565 faded1574 tarnished1716 tired1766 weltered1855 swivelled1898 1565 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 221 One overworne fether bed w^t a good boster x^s. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 400 Come there once over their head a coat of some overworne colour, it never goes off nor is changed. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 49 A beaten-out pulpit cushion, an oreworne Communion-cloth. 1727 W. Somervile Fable xiv, in Occas. Poems 253 My Credit like my Garment torn, Thread bare, and ragged, over-worn: But soon I patch'd it up again. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 157 Alas! even our prose writings..trick themselves out in the soiled and over-worn finery of the meretricious muse. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) Apparel worn as long as is thought fit, thrown aside, and given to servants, or the poor, is called ‘overworn clothes’. 1985 Sports Illustr. (Nexis) 21 Oct. 83 All I own is four pair of overworn jeans, a couple of shirts and a brand-new Sony color TV. 1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 Oct. 10 The delay convinced Children's Medical Center officials to..report a case of possible abuse... This activated the overworn machinery the state has in place to protect the young and helpless. b. figurative. Of a word, phrase, etc.: spoilt by too much use; hackneyed, stale. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull > stale or mechanical vinnied1563 overworn1578 seta1616 stock1738 hackneyed1747 commonplace1801 stereotype1824 stereotyped1849 hacky1862 stereotypic1884 cliché1895 cliché-ridden1920 clichéd1925 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 7 You shal assone catch a Hare with a Taber, as you shal perswade youth, with your aged & ouerworn eloquence. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 58 Who you are, and what you would are out of my welkin, I might say Element, but the word is ouer-worne . View more context for this quotation 1993 Washington Times (Nexis) 17 Dec. c2 Hindsight, to use an overworn cliche, is 20-20. 2002 TheStreet.com (Nexis) 29 Aug. There was also (dare I say it?) bargain hunting, an overworn phrase I'm loath to use. 2. Esp. of a person: worn out or exhausted by age, work, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] wearyc825 asadc1306 ateyntc1325 attaintc1325 recrayed1340 methefula1350 for-wearya1375 matea1375 taintc1380 heavy1382 fortireda1400 methefula1400 afoundered?a1425 tewedc1440 travailedc1440 wearisomec1460 fatigate1471 defatigatec1487 tired1488 recreant1490 yolden?1507 fulyeit?a1513 traiked?a1513 tavert1535 wearied1538 fatigated1552 awearya1555 forwearied1562 overtired1567 spenta1568 done1575 awearied1577 stank1579 languishinga1586 bankrupt?1589 fordone1590 spent1591 overwearied1592 overworn1592 outworn1597 half-dead1601 back-broken1603 tiry1611 defatigated1612 dog-wearya1616 overweary1617 exhaust1621 worn-out1639 embossed1651 outspent1652 exhausted1667 beaten1681 bejaded1687 harassed1693 jaded1693 lassate1694 defeata1732 beat out1758 fagged1764 dog-tired1770 fessive1773 done-up1784 forjeskit1786 ramfeezled1786 done-over1789 fatigued1791 forfoughten1794 worn-up1812 dead1813 out-burnta1821 prostrate1820 dead beat1822 told out1822 bone-tireda1825 traiky1825 overfatigued1834 outwearied1837 done like (a) dinner1838 magged1839 used up1839 tuckered outc1840 drained1855 floored1857 weariful1862 wappered1868 bushed1870 bezzled1875 dead-beaten1875 down1885 tucked up1891 ready (or fit) to drop1892 buggered-up1893 ground-down1897 played1897 veal-bled1899 stove-up1901 trachled1910 ragged1912 beat up1914 done in1917 whacked1919 washy1922 pooped1928 shattered1930 punchy1932 shagged1932 shot1939 whipped1940 buggered1942 flaked (out)1942 fucked1949 sold-out1958 wiped1958 burnt out1959 wrung out1962 juiced1965 hanging1971 zonked1972 maxed1978 raddled1978 zoned1980 cream crackered1983 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. H^v I espied a far off, a certeine kind of an ouerworne Gentleman attired in Veluet and sattyn. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Biij^v Ore-worne, despised, reumatique, and cold. View more context for this quotation 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxii. 43/1 The Romans..whose over-worne Empire ending in Britaine, the Saxons by strong hand attained this Prouince. 1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 390 This overworn mother shall be freed from her care of nourishing man. 1737 H. Baker Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 447 With watching over-worn, with Cares opprest; Unhappy I had laid me down to Rest, And heavy Sleep my weary Limbs possess'd. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 144 For Merlin, overtalk'd and overworn, Had yielded, told her all the charm, and slept. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. vii. lxx. 140 I did not watch by him last night,..I was overworn. 1922 G. Moore Let. 11 June in R. Hart-Davis Lett. to Lady Cunard (1979) 123 The few who care to see me must come here, for I am overworn; the burden of work seems to increase year by year. 1985 ‘E. Peters’ Excellent Myst. (1986) iii. 33 ‘If I'm overworn, yes—it happens,’ said the bluish lips, without complaint. †3. Past, gone; passed away. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adjective] > passing or elapsing > passed or elapsed overworn1593 wasted1609 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiij Musing the morning is so much ore-worne, And yet she heares no tidings of her loue. View more context for this quotation 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam i. 1 Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn . View more context for this quotation 1891 E. Dowson Let. 5 Mar. (1967) 186 The day..when this impecunious tyranny is overworn. †4. Fallen out of use or currency; obsolete. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > fallen out of use or obsolete oldOE outworna1522 stale1550 obsolete1579 overgone1581 overworn1603 disused1611 exolete1611 absoletea1613 worn-out1612 outdated1616 lapsed1667 exploded1709 supersededa1831 rinky-dink1913 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 123 To defend the ouerworne right that his father and grandfather had vnto that lost kingdome. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 314 Rude verses in an old and overworne character. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1565
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