overmatureadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəməˈtʃʊə/,

/ˌəʊvəməˈtjʊə/,

/ˌəʊvəməˈtʃɔː/,

/ˌəʊvəməˈtjɔː/, U.S.

/ˈˌoʊvərməˈtʃər/,

/ˈˌoʊvərməˈtʃʊ(ə)r/,

/ˈˌoʊvərməˈt(j)ʊ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, mature adj.

Etymology: < over- prefix + mature adj. Compare slightly earlier overmaturity n.

1. Having passed beyond the state of maturity; beginning to age or deteriorate. Also: more mature than the average.

ΚΠ

1895 Amer. Naturalist 29 909 The total number of germinations for both immature and over-mature seed was much decreased by four years' keeping.

1927 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 101 311 Many of the spermatozoa may be over-mature and in process of degeneration.

1974 Jrnl. Risk & Insurance 41 68 The [pension] plan population..shifts from a very immature age and service distribution to a progressively more mature one, and eventually into an overmature state.

1997 V. Walkerdine in D. Kirshner & J. A. Whitson Situated Cognition iv. 60 Teachers tend to understand such children as underdeveloped and overmature.

2. Forestry. Of a tree: having reached a developmental stage at which growth has slowed down or virtually ceased, or at which the tree has begun to lose commercial value as timber. Also: designating a forest composed predominantly of such trees.

ΚΠ

1903 H. S. Graves & R. T. Fisher Woodlot Handbk. S. New Eng. 82 (caption) Overmature Sugar bush in need of reproduction which has so far been kept out by grazing.

1926 H. H. Chapman Forest Finance xv. 197 Whatever gain in volume occurs by reason of growth is apt to be offset by losses natural to overmature timber.

1967 in E. W. Morse Fur Trade Canoe Routes Canada (1969) ii. vi. 82 Several trails had been used at different times to avoid the frequent blow-downs in the over-mature spruce swamp.

1990 Daily Tel. 31 May 6/7 Ancient woodlands contain old coppice stools, pollards or overmature trees.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overmature
释义	overmatureadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəməˈtʃʊə/, /ˌəʊvəməˈtjʊə/, /ˌəʊvəməˈtʃɔː/, /ˌəʊvəməˈtjɔː/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərməˈtʃər/, /ˈˌoʊvərməˈtʃʊ(ə)r/, /ˈˌoʊvərməˈt(j)ʊ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, mature adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + mature adj. Compare slightly earlier overmaturity n. 1. Having passed beyond the state of maturity; beginning to age or deteriorate. Also: more mature than the average. ΚΠ 1895 Amer. Naturalist 29 909 The total number of germinations for both immature and over-mature seed was much decreased by four years' keeping. 1927 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 101 311 Many of the spermatozoa may be over-mature and in process of degeneration. 1974 Jrnl. Risk & Insurance 41 68 The [pension] plan population..shifts from a very immature age and service distribution to a progressively more mature one, and eventually into an overmature state. 1997 V. Walkerdine in D. Kirshner & J. A. Whitson Situated Cognition iv. 60 Teachers tend to understand such children as underdeveloped and overmature. 2. Forestry. Of a tree: having reached a developmental stage at which growth has slowed down or virtually ceased, or at which the tree has begun to lose commercial value as timber. Also: designating a forest composed predominantly of such trees. ΚΠ 1903 H. S. Graves & R. T. Fisher Woodlot Handbk. S. New Eng. 82 (caption) Overmature Sugar bush in need of reproduction which has so far been kept out by grazing. 1926 H. H. Chapman Forest Finance xv. 197 Whatever gain in volume occurs by reason of growth is apt to be offset by losses natural to overmature timber. 1967 in E. W. Morse Fur Trade Canoe Routes Canada (1969) ii. vi. 82 Several trails had been used at different times to avoid the frequent blow-downs in the over-mature spruce swamp. 1990 Daily Tel. 31 May 6/7 Ancient woodlands contain old coppice stools, pollards or overmature trees. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1895
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