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ˈover-ˈcurious, a.
[over- 28.]
Excessively curious; †a. Too careful, fastidious, or particular (obs.); b. Too inquisitive.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 76 Who dares be ouercurious hereafter in searching out the workes and iudgementes of hym, whom [etc.]. 1579G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 63 The commendation of an eloquente and orator⁓like stile by overcurious and statelye enditinge. 1684T. Burnet Th. Earth ii. Pref., To whom therefore such disquisitions seem needless, or over-curious, let them rest here. 1773Burke Corr. (1844) I. 425, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention. 1885Harper's Mag. Dec. 86/2 May I ask, without seeming overcurious..has it any regular haunt?
Hence ˈover-ˈcuriously adv., in an over-curious manner; † too particularly or carefully (obs.); too inquisitively; ˈover-ˈcuriousness.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 154 But when this wo shal be..is knowen to the father alone, and therfore must not be searched of vs ouercuriously. Ibid. 69 b, Ouer curiousnesse [see over a. 4]. 1624Donne Serm. ii. (1640) 16 Aske not thy selfe overcuriously, when this mystery was accomplished. 1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) II. 16 It is an incivility strictly to examine and over-curiously to look into matters. |