† overlinessn.

Forms: 1600s ouerlinesse, 1600s overlinesse, 1600s 1800s overliness; Scottish pre-1700 overlines.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overly adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < overly adj. + -ness suffix.

Obsolete.

1. Contemptuousness; haughtiness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun]

highnesseOE

orgelnessOE

orgelOE

orgula1200

hautainesse1297

deignoushedec1330

daina1400

hautesse1399

hautainetya1450

orgulitya1470

courage1484

haughtness1489

stateliness1509

stomacha1513

heighta1525

stiffness1526

fastidie1536

disdainfulness1548

loftiness1548

fastidiousness?1555

haughtiness1555

high-mindedness1571

squeamishness1580

hichtiness1596

morguec1598

signory1598

superciliosity1606

overliness1610

superciliousness1622

excelsity1623

hauteura1628

cavalierism1643

supercilium1657

condescendency1667

supercile1679

uncondescension1681

superbness1682

fastidiosity1704

condescension1752

aristocratism1792

aristocracy1822

patricianism1826

touch-me-not-ishness1836

cavalierishness1860

patronization1944

1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists ii. 4 Would God ouerlinesse and contempt were not yours.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 37 A proud overlinesse, and insolent domineering over your brethren.

1832 S. T. Coleridge Let. 9 Nov. (1971) VI. 929 The absence of all passion, overliness and contempt.

2. Superficiality; carelessness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness

superficiality1618

perfunctoriness1626

slovenliness1641

overliness1650

perfunction1656

cursoriness1727

slightness1817

slapdash1826

rough and readiness1854

superficialism1860

slapdasherya1871

sloppiness1884

slapdashness1929

1650 in A. F. Mitchell & J. Christie Rec. Comm. Gen. Assemblies Church of Scotl. (1909) III. 144 That when people are at the preaching of the Word, besyds great carelesness, overlines, sleeping, wandring of the heart and inadvertencie to what is preached [etc.].

1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 221 We lament the Overliness of Preaching..many Ministers imbasing themselves and their Message by trite and impertinent discourses.

1698 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery Dunkeld (1918) II. 50 That the..custom of censuring..turne not to formality, partiallity, and overliness, but that conscience be made therof.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	overliness
释义	† overlinessn. Forms: 1600s ouerlinesse, 1600s overlinesse, 1600s 1800s overliness; Scottish pre-1700 overlines. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overly adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < overly adj. + -ness suffix. Obsolete. 1. Contemptuousness; haughtiness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun] highnesseOE orgelnessOE orgelOE orgula1200 hautainesse1297 deignoushedec1330 daina1400 hautesse1399 hautainetya1450 orgulitya1470 courage1484 haughtness1489 stateliness1509 stomacha1513 heighta1525 stiffness1526 fastidie1536 disdainfulness1548 loftiness1548 fastidiousness?1555 haughtiness1555 high-mindedness1571 squeamishness1580 hichtiness1596 morguec1598 signory1598 superciliosity1606 overliness1610 superciliousness1622 excelsity1623 hauteura1628 cavalierism1643 supercilium1657 condescendency1667 supercile1679 uncondescension1681 superbness1682 fastidiosity1704 condescension1752 aristocratism1792 aristocracy1822 patricianism1826 touch-me-not-ishness1836 cavalierishness1860 patronization1944 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists ii. 4 Would God ouerlinesse and contempt were not yours. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 37 A proud overlinesse, and insolent domineering over your brethren. 1832 S. T. Coleridge Let. 9 Nov. (1971) VI. 929 The absence of all passion, overliness and contempt. 2. Superficiality; carelessness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness superficiality1618 perfunctoriness1626 slovenliness1641 overliness1650 perfunction1656 cursoriness1727 slightness1817 slapdash1826 rough and readiness1854 superficialism1860 slapdasherya1871 sloppiness1884 slapdashness1929 1650 in A. F. Mitchell & J. Christie Rec. Comm. Gen. Assemblies Church of Scotl. (1909) III. 144 That when people are at the preaching of the Word, besyds great carelesness, overlines, sleeping, wandring of the heart and inadvertencie to what is preached [etc.]. 1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 221 We lament the Overliness of Preaching..many Ministers imbasing themselves and their Message by trite and impertinent discourses. 1698 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery Dunkeld (1918) II. 50 That the..custom of censuring..turne not to formality, partiallity, and overliness, but that conscience be made therof. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1610
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