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ˌall-ˈoverish, a. colloq.
[f. all over advb. phr. + -ish.]
1. Having a general and indefinite sense of illness pervading the body; generally seized or indisposed.
1832Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 647 He said he was all-overish, and at last he began to strain and bock. 1833Sk. & Eccentr. D. Crockett 52, I wish I may be shot if I know how I felt; but I tell you what, it made me feel quite all-overish. 1851Jane Welsh Carlyle Let. 5 Mar. (1924) 347, I still feel sick and sore and miserably all-overish. 1929Daily News 17 July 11/2 He said he had a sore throat and felt ‘All-overish’.
2. Ubiquitous; over the whole extent.
1853Marcus Dods Let. 18 July (1910) 37 There was an all-overish sort of freshness about your last [sc. letter]. 1920D. H. Lawrence Let. 15 Mar. (1932) 501 There are a good many English people, but fewer than [in] Capri, and not so all-overish.
3. (Cf. all-over adj. phr. 2.)
1885Lewis F. Day in Art Jrnl. 45/1 The besetting danger of mere ornament is that it is so apt to be monotonous and all-over-ish. |