overpeoplev.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈpiːpl/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈpip(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, people v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + people v. Compare slightly earlier overpeopled adj.

transitive. To provide with an excess of people; to overpopulate.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > [verb (transitive)] > excessively

overpeople1683

overpopulate1831

1683 Apol. Protestants France Pref. 2 Now that we should be over-peopled, I think there is no danger.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. i. 42 Nothing [is] more dangerous than the over-peopling any Manufacture.

1814 J. Galt Masquerade i. ii. 224 There is a great risk of the world being over-peopled.

1850 S. Judd Richard Edney & Governor's Family xxix. 322 To over-people a given spot has the same effect as to overload the stomach,—there must be pain and disorder.

1953 ELH 20 221 Romance writers..have so overpeopled the world of fiction.

1983 Economist (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 20 Aug. 24 What will happen if the south-west becomes over-peopled with poor migrants speaking no English.

Derivatives

ˌoverˈpeopling n.

ΚΠ

1910 Econ. Jrnl. 20 65 The overpeopling of the portions of the world which are highly endowed by nature.

1992 Life May 35/3 You will read about some beloved beach, some ancestral landmark, some pristine wilderness threatened by development, industry and sheer overpeopling.

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

单词	overpeople
释义	overpeoplev. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈpiːpl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈpip(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, people v. Etymology: < over- prefix + people v. Compare slightly earlier overpeopled adj. transitive. To provide with an excess of people; to overpopulate. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > [verb (transitive)] > excessively overpeople1683 overpopulate1831 1683 Apol. Protestants France Pref. 2 Now that we should be over-peopled, I think there is no danger. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. i. 42 Nothing [is] more dangerous than the over-peopling any Manufacture. 1814 J. Galt Masquerade i. ii. 224 There is a great risk of the world being over-peopled. 1850 S. Judd Richard Edney & Governor's Family xxix. 322 To over-people a given spot has the same effect as to overload the stomach,—there must be pain and disorder. 1953 ELH 20 221 Romance writers..have so overpeopled the world of fiction. 1983 Economist (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 20 Aug. 24 What will happen if the south-west becomes over-peopled with poor migrants speaking no English. Derivatives ˌoverˈpeopling n. ΚΠ 1910 Econ. Jrnl. 20 65 The overpeopling of the portions of the world which are highly endowed by nature. 1992 Life May 35/3 You will read about some beloved beach, some ancestral landmark, some pristine wilderness threatened by development, industry and sheer overpeopling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1683
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