overgrownadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈɡrəʊn/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈɡroʊn/

Forms: see over- prefix and grown adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, grown adj.

Etymology: < over- prefix + grown adj., after overgrow v. or to grow over (see grow v.).

1. That has grown too much; too big, abnormally large, of excessive size. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > expanded or enlarged > excessively

overgrowna1398

exaggerated1860

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > excessively large

overgrowna1398

rank?a1400

exorbitant1662

unsizeable1698

overlarge1890

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree

overmeteeOE

unmeeteOE

unimeteOE

unmethelyOE

over-mickleOE

hoflesc1175

overmucha1300

unskilwisea1340

unskilfulc1370

luxuriousc1374

overseemingc1384

superfluec1384

unreasonablea1387

outrageousc1390

over-greatc1390

overlargec1390

overgrowna1398

unmeasurablea1398

unmoderatea1398

unordinatea1398

immoderate1398

rankc1400

overabundantc1410

excessivea1420

superabundant?a1425

unmeasureda1425

superfluousc1475

nimious?c1500

surfeitc1500

overliberala1535

torc1540

exceeding1548

distemperate1557

over-ranka1568

overswelling1582

accessive1583

overaboundinga1600

overteeming1603

excessful1633

overproportionated1647

superproportioned1652

over-proportioned1662

overproportionate1672

unduea1684

unequal1704

unmerciful1707

hypermetric1854

hypertrophied1879

over the top1980

the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > overgrown or covered with growth

rooteda1200

begrowna1250

overrooted1587

overgrown1627

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 25^v Euel disposicioun of Instrumentis of smellinge..by stoppinge by ouergrowe fleissch.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. x. 47 An ouer-growne Sea [is] when the surges and billowes goe highest.

1652 G. Firmin Separation Examined 22 A Bishop, if you consider him merely as a Bishop, was but a Minister, and set apart to doe the worke of a Minister... Indeed you may call him, an Over-growne Presbyter, but a Presbyter.

1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. ii. 17 No fat overgrown virgin of forty ever offer'd her self so dog cheap.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 65. ¶4 He calls the Orange Woman, who..is inclined to grow Fat, An Over-grown Jade.

1757 M. Postlethwayt Great Britain's True Syst. (1967) vi. 138 The excessive proportion of over-grown Fortunes, obtained by trading with the Government.

1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 193 Travelling from the one end to the other of this overgrown metropolis.

1888 M. E. Braddon Fatal Three I. i. 3 She..is a great overgrown girl.

1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer i. 6 A few automobiles, like overgrown beetles, shuttled back and forth along the concrete highways.

1988 L. Erdrich Tracks vi. 154 Fleur pared the overgrown nails with a knife.

2. Grown over with vegetation, weeds, etc.; covered with plants that have been allowed to grow unchecked. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > be overgrown with

to be set withc1290

overgrowna1450

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > with or as with a growth

begrowna1250

through-waxenc1275

overgrowna1450

a1450 tr. Bk. Tribulation (Bodl.) (1983) 65 If the wyse vyner vseth to kerue the ouergrowen [v.rr. vnnayte, vnfruteful] braunches of his vyne, wondre the not.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 617 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 114 The rouch wodwyss wyld..Our growin grysly and growe grym in effeire.

1635 E. Rainbow Labour 40 To draine and scoure this fenny and viciously over-growne..ground.

1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1714) cxx. 137 He saw what a Clutter there was with huge, over-grown Pots.

1823 M. W. Shelley Valperga III. v. 98 She and Euthanasia walked up and down the overgrown paths of the palace-garden.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. x. 164 The garden was too overgrown and rank for walking in with ease.

1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence xxii. 225 To the left an overgrown box-garden full of dahlias and rusty rose-bushes encircled a ghostly summer-house.

1988 Japan Times 15 May 3/6 They were lying in overgrown vacant lots, abandoned houses or back alleys.

3. Usually derogatory. Designating an adult who engages in childish pursuits or who acts in a naively enthusiastic way; esp. in overgrown schoolboy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] > immature adult

young-old1558

overgrown1669

Peter Panish1914

ungrown-up1937

Peter Panic1962

1658 Humble Advice Assembly of Divines To Rdr. sig. C2^v But now they come to us..yet worse than children still; having the ignorance of children, but being over-grown the teachablenesse of children.]

1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. 32 You were as..shame fac'd as a great over-grown School-boy.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones xiv I have more occasion of patience, to be used like an overgrown schoolboy, as I am by you.

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain xv. 143 A very tall overgrown school-boy did Norman feel himself for one bashful moment, when he found himself alone with the two ladies.

1997 Times (Nexis) 4 Apr. I used to hate circus clowns as a kid—silly, painful, overgrown fools.

1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Nov. 18 Monica the overgrown schoolgirl who wrote the president a birthday poem..and persuaded her faintly-embarrassed fellow-interns to sign it. (‘Smitten’ was rhymed with ‘Clinton’).

Derivatives

† overgrownly adv. Obsolete rare to an overgrown degree, excessively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb]

overlyOE

overswitheOE

over-micklec1230

overmucha1382

over-measurea1387

overdonec1390

overlargelyc1390

overfara1400

superflue?a1425

overgatea1450

overdonelyc1450

over-highlyc1454

excessivelyc1460

superfluously1528

stinkingly1545

excessive1569

over-greatly1599

unmercifully1611

overgrownly1668

extravagantlya1715

preponderously1835

faultily1855

1668 S. Bethel World's Mistake in O. Cromwell 7 Their King..overgrownly great and rich himself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overgrown
释义	overgrownadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈɡrəʊn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɡroʊn/ Forms: see over- prefix and grown adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, grown adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + grown adj., after overgrow v. or to grow over (see grow v.). 1. That has grown too much; too big, abnormally large, of excessive size. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > expanded or enlarged > excessively overgrowna1398 exaggerated1860 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > excessively large overgrowna1398 rank?a1400 exorbitant1662 unsizeable1698 overlarge1890 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree overmeteeOE unmeeteOE unimeteOE unmethelyOE over-mickleOE hoflesc1175 overmucha1300 unskilwisea1340 unskilfulc1370 luxuriousc1374 overseemingc1384 superfluec1384 unreasonablea1387 outrageousc1390 over-greatc1390 overlargec1390 overgrowna1398 unmeasurablea1398 unmoderatea1398 unordinatea1398 immoderate1398 rankc1400 overabundantc1410 excessivea1420 superabundant?a1425 unmeasureda1425 superfluousc1475 nimious?c1500 surfeitc1500 overliberala1535 torc1540 exceeding1548 distemperate1557 over-ranka1568 overswelling1582 accessive1583 overaboundinga1600 overteeming1603 excessful1633 overproportionated1647 superproportioned1652 over-proportioned1662 overproportionate1672 unduea1684 unequal1704 unmerciful1707 hypermetric1854 hypertrophied1879 over the top1980 the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > overgrown or covered with growth rooteda1200 begrowna1250 overrooted1587 overgrown1627 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 25^v Euel disposicioun of Instrumentis of smellinge..by stoppinge by ouergrowe fleissch. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. x. 47 An ouer-growne Sea [is] when the surges and billowes goe highest. 1652 G. Firmin Separation Examined 22 A Bishop, if you consider him merely as a Bishop, was but a Minister, and set apart to doe the worke of a Minister... Indeed you may call him, an Over-growne Presbyter, but a Presbyter. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. ii. 17 No fat overgrown virgin of forty ever offer'd her self so dog cheap. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 65. ¶4 He calls the Orange Woman, who..is inclined to grow Fat, An Over-grown Jade. 1757 M. Postlethwayt Great Britain's True Syst. (1967) vi. 138 The excessive proportion of over-grown Fortunes, obtained by trading with the Government. 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 193 Travelling from the one end to the other of this overgrown metropolis. 1888 M. E. Braddon Fatal Three I. i. 3 She..is a great overgrown girl. 1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer i. 6 A few automobiles, like overgrown beetles, shuttled back and forth along the concrete highways. 1988 L. Erdrich Tracks vi. 154 Fleur pared the overgrown nails with a knife. 2. Grown over with vegetation, weeds, etc.; covered with plants that have been allowed to grow unchecked. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > be overgrown with to be set withc1290 overgrowna1450 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > with or as with a growth begrowna1250 through-waxenc1275 overgrowna1450 a1450 tr. Bk. Tribulation (Bodl.) (1983) 65 If the wyse vyner vseth to kerue the ouergrowen [v.rr. vnnayte, vnfruteful] braunches of his vyne, wondre the not. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 617 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 114 The rouch wodwyss wyld..Our growin grysly and growe grym in effeire. 1635 E. Rainbow Labour 40 To draine and scoure this fenny and viciously over-growne..ground. 1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1714) cxx. 137 He saw what a Clutter there was with huge, over-grown Pots. 1823 M. W. Shelley Valperga III. v. 98 She and Euthanasia walked up and down the overgrown paths of the palace-garden. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. x. 164 The garden was too overgrown and rank for walking in with ease. 1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence xxii. 225 To the left an overgrown box-garden full of dahlias and rusty rose-bushes encircled a ghostly summer-house. 1988 Japan Times 15 May 3/6 They were lying in overgrown vacant lots, abandoned houses or back alleys. 3. Usually derogatory. Designating an adult who engages in childish pursuits or who acts in a naively enthusiastic way; esp. in overgrown schoolboy. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] > immature adult young-old1558 overgrown1669 Peter Panish1914 ungrown-up1937 Peter Panic1962 1658 Humble Advice Assembly of Divines To Rdr. sig. C2^v But now they come to us..yet worse than children still; having the ignorance of children, but being over-grown the teachablenesse of children.] 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. 32 You were as..shame fac'd as a great over-grown School-boy. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones xiv I have more occasion of patience, to be used like an overgrown schoolboy, as I am by you. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain xv. 143 A very tall overgrown school-boy did Norman feel himself for one bashful moment, when he found himself alone with the two ladies. 1997 Times (Nexis) 4 Apr. I used to hate circus clowns as a kid—silly, painful, overgrown fools. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Nov. 18 Monica the overgrown schoolgirl who wrote the president a birthday poem..and persuaded her faintly-embarrassed fellow-interns to sign it. (‘Smitten’ was rhymed with ‘Clinton’). Derivatives † overgrownly adv. Obsolete rare to an overgrown degree, excessively. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] overlyOE overswitheOE over-micklec1230 overmucha1382 over-measurea1387 overdonec1390 overlargelyc1390 overfara1400 superflue?a1425 overgatea1450 overdonelyc1450 over-highlyc1454 excessivelyc1460 superfluously1528 stinkingly1545 excessive1569 over-greatly1599 unmercifully1611 overgrownly1668 extravagantlya1715 preponderously1835 faultily1855 1668 S. Bethel World's Mistake in O. Cromwell 7 Their King..overgrownly great and rich himself. 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