over-happyadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈhapi/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈhæpi/

Forms: see over- prefix and happy adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, happy adj. and n.

Etymology: < over- prefix + happy adj. and n.

Very happy; excessively happy.Frequently in negative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adjective] > excessively happy

over-happy1574

1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Oiiij But ouer happie should I be, might I once atteine to sing a song my selfe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. ii. 230 Happy, in that we are not ouer-happy [1604 euer happy].

a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 138 Lord! would men let me alone, What an over-happy one Should I think my self to be!

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xx. 119 What Pleasure can those over-happy People taste, who never knew that of Hunger or Thirst?

1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 52 Over happy to be proud, Over wealthy in the treasure Of her own exceeding pleasure!

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxii. 244 Like Guildenstern, Oak was happy in that he was not over happy.

1913 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 23 487 It proves also that Xenophon himself did not regard as imaginative fiction works of which he made a not always over-happy use in compiling his own account.

1941 N. Douglas Let. 6 June in N. Cunard Grand Man ii. iii. 162 I am not over-happy here; you may be sure of that.

2002 This is Lancashire (Nexis) 7 Feb. Not for him the front page covers in NME or the dumbed down interviews with over-happy radio presenters on daytime radio.

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

单词	over-happy
释义	over-happyadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈhapi/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈhæpi/ Forms: see over- prefix and happy adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, happy adj. and n. Etymology: < over- prefix + happy adj. and n. Very happy; excessively happy.Frequently in negative contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adjective] > excessively happy over-happy1574 1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Oiiij But ouer happie should I be, might I once atteine to sing a song my selfe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. ii. 230 Happy, in that we are not ouer-happy [1604 euer happy]. a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 138 Lord! would men let me alone, What an over-happy one Should I think my self to be! 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xx. 119 What Pleasure can those over-happy People taste, who never knew that of Hunger or Thirst? 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 52 Over happy to be proud, Over wealthy in the treasure Of her own exceeding pleasure! 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxii. 244 Like Guildenstern, Oak was happy in that he was not over happy. 1913 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 23 487 It proves also that Xenophon himself did not regard as imaginative fiction works of which he made a not always over-happy use in compiling his own account. 1941 N. Douglas Let. 6 June in N. Cunard Grand Man ii. iii. 162 I am not over-happy here; you may be sure of that. 2002 This is Lancashire (Nexis) 7 Feb. Not for him the front page covers in NME or the dumbed down interviews with over-happy radio presenters on daytime radio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1574
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