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单词 overplotted
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overplottedadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvərˈplɒtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈplɑdəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, plotted adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + plotted adj. Compare later overplot v. 2, and also overplotting n.
Of a work of fiction: having an excessively elaborate plot.
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1939 Lima (Ohio) News 20 Aug. 22/5 If the play seems slightly overplotted and occasionally melodramatic, it has the advantages of keen observation.
1950 E. E. Leisy Amer. Hist. Novel 225 Overplotted romance of Cavalier England and Indian wilderness.
1973 Boundary 2 1 588 So calculatedly over-plotted a book as Thomas Pynchon's V.
2002 Mirror 18 Mar. 28/4 Seductress Linda Fiorentino ensnares a naïve Peter Berg in an outrageously overplotted neo-noir thriller.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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