单词 | overthought |
释义 | overthoughtn. 1. Excessive thought; too much thinking. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun] > excessive thinking overthinking1703 overthought1839 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 11 This strange phantom comes from overthought. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xx. 228 So what with grief, and overthought, and the inside of a square bottle, Gwenny says they brought him off, to become a mighty captain, and choose the country round. 1892 E. P. Barrow Regni Evangelium iii. 73 Because overthought for the morrow is deprecated, is forethought, therefore, discouraged? 1993 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 15 Dec. An unemployed live-at-home college grad, his psyche ‘tortured by overthought’ (not to mention drugs and booze). 1996 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 23 Oct. 12 g He tackles burning issues such as..writer's block and what comedian Gallagher calls ‘overthought’—thinking about things that really don't need thinking about. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > distinct realization1797 representation1864 overthought1883 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > absolute idealism > [noun] > transcendentalism > transcendental philosophy of Emerson over-soul1841 transcendentalism1842 overthought1883 1883 G. M. Hopkins Let. 14 Jan. (1938) 105 Two strains of thought..the overthought that which everybody, editors, see..which might for instance be abridged or paraphrased..the other, the underthought, conveyed chiefly in the choice of metaphors etc used and often only half realised by the poet himself. 1884 W. James in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 583 Those who must answer this question negatively are forced to the notion of an Over-thought behind the phenomenal real. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > specific mentally or emotionally used up1835 brain-fagged1869 overthoughted1877 nerve-shattered1888 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective] > adversely affected by thought-sicka1586 over-thoughtful1687 overthoughted1877 1877 J. Ruskin Let. to Faunthorpe (1895) i. 5 I..being in every way overworked and overthoughted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † overthoughtadj. Obsolete. rare. Grieved, vexed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] ofgrameda1200 agrameda1300 irk1303 overthoughta1325 aggrievedc1330 annoyedc1330 noyfula1387 teena1400 vexed?c1425 annoyousa1450 angry1485 noyeda1500 irked1513 engrieved1591 exulceratec1592 galled1601 incommodate1622 exulcerated1640 ruffled1659 uncommoded1683 chagrin1706 exacerbated1727 chagrineda1754 vexatious1756 discommoded1773 pipped1797 roiled1818 riled1825 outraged1836 put-out1836 vex1843 niggled1878 narked1888 hacked1892 wired1904 peeved1908 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2219 Oc alle he weren ouer-ðogt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1839adj.a1325 |
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