all-overishadj.

Brit.

/ˌɔːlˈəʊv(ə)rᵻʃ/, U.S.

/ˌɔlˈoʊv(ə)rɪʃ/,

/ˌɑlˈoʊv(ə)rɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: all over adv., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < all over adv. + -ish suffix¹. With sense 1 compare later all-over adj. 2.

colloquial.

1. Of a person: having a general feeling of illness or agitation that seems to affect the whole body; generally indisposed; off-colour. Also: overwhelmed or incapacitated by emotion. Cf. all-over adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > feeling ill

squeamish1670

howish1694

sick as a horse1705

nohowish1816

all-overish1820

washed out1850

all-over1861

wisht1868

crappy1956

1820 Tickler Mag. 1 July 109/1 Excuse me, zir; but when this tale I hear, I somehow feel all overish and queer.

1833 Sketches & Eccentricities 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.

1851 J. W. Carlyle Let. 5 Mar. (1924) 347 I still feel sick and sore and miserably all-overish.

1893 ‘J. Brown’ Mr. & Mrs. John Brown at Home i. 2 I was..sitting with Miss Winstanley in the verandah, while the Band was playing ‘Love's Golden Dream’. I felt so all-overish that I did not half know what I was saying.

1900 Argosy 70 313 I always feels a bit all-overish coming along here late alone.

1929 Daily News 17 July 11/2 He said he had a sore throat and felt ‘All-overish’.

2000 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 7 Mar. If you're just feeling a bit all-overish, Healtheries encourages you to fill out a questionnaire to help pin down what ails you.

2. That is (nearly) everywhere; ubiquitous; over the whole extent of something.In quot. 1838 figurative: lacking coherency; disjointed (cf. all over the place at place n.¹ Phrases 2e.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present everywhere

ubiquitary1583

everywherea1600

ubiquitarian1641

ubiquitory1643

omnipresenta1711

ubiquarian1762

totipresent1768

ubiquitous1802

ubiquious1835

all-overish1838

wall-to-wall1967

1838 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 21 July 2/2 To it [sc. a book] there was neither beginning, middle nor end.—It was an all-overish thing.

1853 M. Dods Let. 18 July (1910) 37 There was an all-overish sort of freshness about your last [letter].

1920 D. H. Lawrence Let. 15 Mar. (1932) 501 There are a good many English people, but fewer than [in] Capri, and not so all-overish.

1945 D. Bolster Roll on my Twelve 33 We'd had a pretty lousy run, cold and wet, U-boats rather all-overish, and chaps we'd picked up dying on deck.

2007 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 10 Jan. The gloomy sequence..persist[ed] through a competition in Kuala Lumpur and..the Champions Trophy at home to fuel an all-overish pessimism in a World Cup year.

3. Characterized by having an all-over pattern or design; uniform. Cf. all-over adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > completely > every part

all-over1790

all-overish1874

1874 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 121/1 The marble, pretty uniformly distributed over the whole front, gives the building a spotty and all-overish look which does injustice to the studied and even elegant character of some of the detail.

1885 L. 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.

1905 Railway Master Mechanic June 221/2 It is an all-overish look to the car, for all that breaks the monotony of color..is one wide gold stripe near the bottom of the car.

1919 Manitoba Free Press 27 Dec. 10/4 He was wearing..a purple tie with an all-overish design in green.

1990 Times (Nexis) 26 Jan. Also striking are the all-overish, obsessive paintings of Elizabeth Magill, with their multiplying numbers and fleurs-de-lys imprisoning fish and stars.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	all-overish
释义	all-overishadj. Brit. /ˌɔːlˈəʊv(ə)rᵻʃ/, U.S. /ˌɔlˈoʊv(ə)rɪʃ/, /ˌɑlˈoʊv(ə)rɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: all over adv., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < all over adv. + -ish suffix¹. With sense 1 compare later all-over adj. 2. colloquial. 1. Of a person: having a general feeling of illness or agitation that seems to affect the whole body; generally indisposed; off-colour. Also: overwhelmed or incapacitated by emotion. Cf. all-over adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > feeling ill squeamish1670 howish1694 sick as a horse1705 nohowish1816 all-overish1820 washed out1850 all-over1861 wisht1868 crappy1956 1820 Tickler Mag. 1 July 109/1 Excuse me, zir; but when this tale I hear, I somehow feel all overish and queer. 1833 Sketches & Eccentricities 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. 1851 J. W. Carlyle Let. 5 Mar. (1924) 347 I still feel sick and sore and miserably all-overish. 1893 ‘J. Brown’ Mr. & Mrs. John Brown at Home i. 2 I was..sitting with Miss Winstanley in the verandah, while the Band was playing ‘Love's Golden Dream’. I felt so all-overish that I did not half know what I was saying. 1900 Argosy 70 313 I always feels a bit all-overish coming along here late alone. 1929 Daily News 17 July 11/2 He said he had a sore throat and felt ‘All-overish’. 2000 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 7 Mar. If you're just feeling a bit all-overish, Healtheries encourages you to fill out a questionnaire to help pin down what ails you. 2. That is (nearly) everywhere; ubiquitous; over the whole extent of something.In quot. 1838 figurative: lacking coherency; disjointed (cf. all over the place at place n.¹ Phrases 2e.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present everywhere ubiquitary1583 everywherea1600 ubiquitarian1641 ubiquitory1643 omnipresenta1711 ubiquarian1762 totipresent1768 ubiquitous1802 ubiquious1835 all-overish1838 wall-to-wall1967 1838 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 21 July 2/2 To it [sc. a book] there was neither beginning, middle nor end.—It was an all-overish thing. 1853 M. Dods Let. 18 July (1910) 37 There was an all-overish sort of freshness about your last [letter]. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Let. 15 Mar. (1932) 501 There are a good many English people, but fewer than [in] Capri, and not so all-overish. 1945 D. Bolster Roll on my Twelve 33 We'd had a pretty lousy run, cold and wet, U-boats rather all-overish, and chaps we'd picked up dying on deck. 2007 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 10 Jan. The gloomy sequence..persist[ed] through a competition in Kuala Lumpur and..the Champions Trophy at home to fuel an all-overish pessimism in a World Cup year. 3. Characterized by having an all-over pattern or design; uniform. Cf. all-over adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > completely > every part all-over1790 all-overish1874 1874 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 121/1 The marble, pretty uniformly distributed over the whole front, gives the building a spotty and all-overish look which does injustice to the studied and even elegant character of some of the detail. 1885 L. 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. 1905 Railway Master Mechanic June 221/2 It is an all-overish look to the car, for all that breaks the monotony of color..is one wide gold stripe near the bottom of the car. 1919 Manitoba Free Press 27 Dec. 10/4 He was wearing..a purple tie with an all-overish design in green. 1990 Times (Nexis) 26 Jan. Also striking are the all-overish, obsessive paintings of Elizabeth Magill, with their multiplying numbers and fleurs-de-lys imprisoning fish and stars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1820
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