overteemingadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈtiːmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈtimɪŋ/

Forms: see over- prefix and teeming adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, teeming adj.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + teeming adj.¹ Compare overteemed adj., later overteem v.

Excessively fertile or productive; too active or vigorous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > excessive

overteeming1603

superfetate1845

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree

overmeteeOE

unmeeteOE

unimeteOE

unmethelyOE

over-mickleOE

hoflesc1175

overmucha1300

unskilwisea1340

unskilfulc1370

luxuriousc1374

overseemingc1384

superfluec1384

unreasonablea1387

outrageousc1390

over-greatc1390

overlargec1390

overgrowna1398

unmeasurablea1398

unmoderatea1398

unordinatea1398

immoderate1398

rankc1400

overabundantc1410

excessivea1420

superabundant?a1425

unmeasureda1425

superfluousc1475

nimious?c1500

surfeitc1500

overliberala1535

torc1540

exceeding1548

distemperate1557

over-ranka1568

overswelling1582

accessive1583

overaboundinga1600

overteeming1603

excessful1633

overproportionated1647

superproportioned1652

over-proportioned1662

overproportionate1672

unduea1684

unequal1704

unmerciful1707

hypermetric1854

hypertrophied1879

over the top1980

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 511 And o're her weake and all ore-teeming [1604 ore-teamed] loynes, a blancket.

1674 C. Cotton On Excellent Poems Flatman in T. Flatman Poems & Songs sig. A 7 The Wits must pardon me if I profess, That 'till this time the over-teeming press Ne're set out Poesy in so true a dress.

1818 P. B. Shelley Let. Dec. (1964) II. 62 The overteeming vegetation.

1872 S. Ferguson Congal iv. 86 Lo, yonder see the mountains blue, to whose recesses borne Your tide of overteeming life flowed out from full Cremorne.

1879 Appleton's Jrnl. June 565/1 They are of a character, let us say, which in the constitution of the human mind are sure to mark all affluent and over-teeming minds.

1922 C. E. Russell Outlook for Philippines iii. 48 The Americans..have knocked some of this right and left with base-ball and the overteeming flood of base-ball slang.

1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 7 Feb. 6 d [Thomas Chatterton] forged, out of some old manuscripts found in a neighborhood church and his own overteeming imagination, a series of medieval verses.

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

单词	overteeming
释义	overteemingadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈtiːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtimɪŋ/ Forms: see over- prefix and teeming adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, teeming adj.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + teeming adj.¹ Compare overteemed adj., later overteem v. Excessively fertile or productive; too active or vigorous. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > excessive overteeming1603 superfetate1845 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree overmeteeOE unmeeteOE unimeteOE unmethelyOE over-mickleOE hoflesc1175 overmucha1300 unskilwisea1340 unskilfulc1370 luxuriousc1374 overseemingc1384 superfluec1384 unreasonablea1387 outrageousc1390 over-greatc1390 overlargec1390 overgrowna1398 unmeasurablea1398 unmoderatea1398 unordinatea1398 immoderate1398 rankc1400 overabundantc1410 excessivea1420 superabundant?a1425 unmeasureda1425 superfluousc1475 nimious?c1500 surfeitc1500 overliberala1535 torc1540 exceeding1548 distemperate1557 over-ranka1568 overswelling1582 accessive1583 overaboundinga1600 overteeming1603 excessful1633 overproportionated1647 superproportioned1652 over-proportioned1662 overproportionate1672 unduea1684 unequal1704 unmerciful1707 hypermetric1854 hypertrophied1879 over the top1980 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 511 And o're her weake and all ore-teeming [1604 ore-teamed] loynes, a blancket. 1674 C. Cotton On Excellent Poems Flatman in T. Flatman Poems & Songs sig. A 7 The Wits must pardon me if I profess, That 'till this time the over-teeming press Ne're set out Poesy in so true a dress. 1818 P. B. Shelley Let. Dec. (1964) II. 62 The overteeming vegetation. 1872 S. Ferguson Congal iv. 86 Lo, yonder see the mountains blue, to whose recesses borne Your tide of overteeming life flowed out from full Cremorne. 1879 Appleton's Jrnl. June 565/1 They are of a character, let us say, which in the constitution of the human mind are sure to mark all affluent and over-teeming minds. 1922 C. E. Russell Outlook for Philippines iii. 48 The Americans..have knocked some of this right and left with base-ball and the overteeming flood of base-ball slang. 1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 7 Feb. 6 d [Thomas Chatterton] forged, out of some old manuscripts found in a neighborhood church and his own overteeming imagination, a series of medieval verses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603
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