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ˈover-ˈhard, a. and adv.
[over- 28, 30.]
A. adj. Too hard; excessively hard.
1538Starkey England ii. iii. 197 How be hyt, thys semyth ouer-hard to punnysch the chyld for the fatherys offence. 1587Golding De Mornay Ep. Ded. 1 A right great enterprise, and (in the judgement of most men) over⁓hard. 1851Trench Stud. Words v. 149 Ben Jonson is overhard on ‘neologists’. 1854Whittier Voices 25 Thy task may well seem over-hard.
B. adv. Too hard.
1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 46 He will not urge it over⁓hard. 1826Scott Woodst. xxii, That the party had been over-hard travelled.
So ˌover-ˈharden v.; ˌover-ˈhardly adv.; ˈover-ˈhardness.
[a1568R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 39 Not stamering, or ouer hardlie drawing forth wordes.] 1582T. Watson Centurie of Loue xxxvi. heading, He blameth her ouerhardnes of heart, and the froward constellation of his owne natiuitie. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 6 Not onely too farre fetched, but also over-hardly streined. a1691Boyle (J.), It was brittle like over-hardened steel. |