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ˌover-refine, v.|-rɪˈfaɪn|
[over- 27.]
trans. To refine too much or with excess of subtlety; in quots. absol. to make over-fine distinctions.
1832Lytton Eugene A. iii. iii, Perhaps I over-refine. 1845P. M. Latham Lect. Clin. Med. xii. I. 239, I am not over-refining in this matter.
So ˌover-reˈfined ppl. a., too refined (whence ˌover-reˈfinedly adv.); ˌover-reˈfinement, excessive or too subtle refinement; ˌover-reˈfining vbl. n., the action of refining too much.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. 185 For some intricate or over-refin'd speculation. Ibid. III. 261 Over-refinement of art and policy..naturally incident to the experienc'd and thorow politician. 1830Pusey Hist. Enq. ii. 304 A certain necessity..of speaking over-refinedly on all subjects. 1876Blackie Lang. Sc. Highl. i. 65 Over-refinements, and therefore corruptions and degradations, of the Latin language. |