oversayv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈseɪ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈseɪ/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle oversaid;

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, say v.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + say v.¹ Compare earlier to say over at say v.¹ and int. Phrasal verbs. Compare also oversaid adj.

†1.

a. transitive. To repeat, say over. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)]

doublec1380

naitc1400

reportc1405

repeat1427

renewa1464

iterate1533

resume1535

to run over ——1538

redouble1580

to go over ——1583

re-say1583

reclaim1590

ingeminate1594

reword1604

reassume1631

reutter1632

oversay1639

to fetch over1642

reassert1647

1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall iv If you please May over-say the circumstance of what You late discourst, mine eares are gladly open.

1864 G. H. Boker Dirge in Poems of War 201 Annie's dead, Annie's dead! Why should this be oversaid?

1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell ii. xvii. 213 He shall come back, And twice shall oversay the word he said In your own ear.

b. intransitive. To say too much. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter

chavel?c1225

babblea1250

chattera1250

clacka1250

janglea1300

ganglec1300

clapc1315

mumblec1350

blabberc1375

carp1377

tatterc1380

garre1382

rattlec1400

clatter1401

chimec1405

gabc1405

pattera1450

smattera1450

languetc1450

pratec1460

chat1483

jabber1499

clittera1529

cackle1530

prattle1532

blatter1533

blab1535

to run on pattens1546

tattle1547

prittle-prattlea1555

trattlea1555

tittle-tattle1556

quiddlea1566

brabble1570

clicket1570

twattle1573

gabble1574

prittle1583

to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597

to word it1612

deblaterate1623

tongue1624

twitter1630

snatter1647

oversay1656

whiffle1706

to gallop away1711

splutter1728

gob1770

gibble-gabble1775

palaver1781

to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785

gammon1789

witter1808

yabble1808

yaff1808

mag1810

chelp1820

tongue-pad1825

yatter1825

potter1826

chipper1829

jaw-jaw1831

buzz1832

to shoot off one's mouth1864

yawp1872

blate1878

chin1884

yap1888

spiel1894

to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895

to run off at the mouth1908

chattermag1909

clatfart1913

to talk a streak1915

to run one's mouth1916

natter1942

ear-bash1944

rabbit1950

yack1950

yacker1961

to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965

yacket1969

to twat on1996

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. Pref. sig. A3^v How hard a thing it is,..to doe, or say all that is needful in a weighty business, and not in something or other to over-say and over doe.

1856 W. W. Story Marchese Castello in Poems 156 You never dare express the half you feel, We say the whole, nay, often over-say—That's but our nature which you call excess.

1887 Overland Monthly July 103/2 Its occasional tendency to over-say, to dwell on a point already sufficiently made, to elaborate a purely parenthetic detail.

2. transitive. To exaggerate, overstate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in expression

amplifya1400

overtell1511

over-English1600

overspeak1611

stretch1674

romance1730

oversay1790

overstate1792

1790 W. Short Let. 24/25 June in Jrnl. Mod. Hist. (1941) 371 Everything is so over-done, and over-said that nothing can be believed.

1900 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 368/2 This is oversaying it, of course, but the truth is in what I say.

1933 G.K.'s Weekly 21 Sept. 41/2 I assure you that if what I say runs towards superlatives it does not oversay what I still think and feel.

2001 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 17 Oct. 7 The House of Lords Select Committee also heard a key eye-witness complain that his evidence had been wrongly taken and oversaid.

Derivatives

overˈsaying n. the action of saying too much; overstatement; a redundant expression.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > overstatement

hyperbole1529

hyperboly1597

overspeakinga1610

overstatement1800

oversaying1916

1916 T. MacDonagh Lit. in Ireland 46 Latin dispenses with the redundancies, the over-sayings, compressing a phrase into a verb.

1985 MLN 100 1054 His exclamatory annunciation and over-saying of thoughts and things.

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

单词	oversay
释义	oversayv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈseɪ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈseɪ/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle oversaid; Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, say v.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + say v.¹ Compare earlier to say over at say v.¹ and int. Phrasal verbs. Compare also oversaid adj. †1. a. transitive. To repeat, say over. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] doublec1380 naitc1400 reportc1405 repeat1427 renewa1464 iterate1533 resume1535 to run over ——1538 redouble1580 to go over ——1583 re-say1583 reclaim1590 ingeminate1594 reword1604 reassume1631 reutter1632 oversay1639 to fetch over1642 reassert1647 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall iv If you please May over-say the circumstance of what You late discourst, mine eares are gladly open. 1864 G. H. Boker Dirge in Poems of War 201 Annie's dead, Annie's dead! Why should this be oversaid? 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell ii. xvii. 213 He shall come back, And twice shall oversay the word he said In your own ear. b. intransitive. To say too much. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. Pref. sig. A3^v How hard a thing it is,..to doe, or say all that is needful in a weighty business, and not in something or other to over-say and over doe. 1856 W. W. Story Marchese Castello in Poems 156 You never dare express the half you feel, We say the whole, nay, often over-say—That's but our nature which you call excess. 1887 Overland Monthly July 103/2 Its occasional tendency to over-say, to dwell on a point already sufficiently made, to elaborate a purely parenthetic detail. 2. transitive. To exaggerate, overstate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in expression amplifya1400 overtell1511 over-English1600 overspeak1611 stretch1674 romance1730 oversay1790 overstate1792 1790 W. Short Let. 24/25 June in Jrnl. Mod. Hist. (1941) 371 Everything is so over-done, and over-said that nothing can be believed. 1900 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 368/2 This is oversaying it, of course, but the truth is in what I say. 1933 G.K.'s Weekly 21 Sept. 41/2 I assure you that if what I say runs towards superlatives it does not oversay what I still think and feel. 2001 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 17 Oct. 7 The House of Lords Select Committee also heard a key eye-witness complain that his evidence had been wrongly taken and oversaid. Derivatives overˈsaying n. the action of saying too much; overstatement; a redundant expression. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > overstatement hyperbole1529 hyperboly1597 overspeakinga1610 overstatement1800 oversaying1916 1916 T. MacDonagh Lit. in Ireland 46 Latin dispenses with the redundancies, the over-sayings, compressing a phrase into a verb. 1985 MLN 100 1054 His exclamatory annunciation and over-saying of thoughts and things. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1639
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