over-heavyadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈhɛvi/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈhɛvi/

Forms: see over- prefix and heavy adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, heavy adj.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + heavy adj.¹

Too heavy (in various senses of the adjective); of excessive weight.In quot. a1425: †very sad (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy > excessively

over-heavya1425

overweightya1618

overweight1621

overweight1639

a1425 (?a1400) Bk. Priue Counseling in P. Hodgson Cloud of Unknowing (1944) 167 Ȝit be not ouer heuy for þis, bot suffre meekly & abide paciently þe wille of oure Lorde.

c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 167 And ij byschoppys stonding on every syde of hym, helping hym to bere the crowne, for hyt was ovyr hevy for hym.

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. lxviii^v If they be not ouer heuy they may bere them home.

1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx iii. 14 Corke wanteth waite to sinke, and lead is ouer heauie to swimme.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxv. 341/2 King Ethelred..set his seeming ouer-heauy Crowne vpon his Nephew Kenreds head.

1683–6 tr. Plutarch Lives (1864) When the net was full of fishes, over-heavy thinking it, He declined to haul it up.

1838 R. Southey Madoc in Poet. Wks. V. ii. xvii. 324 On her golden locks The helmet's overheavy load she placed.

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 73 The Corinthian style..has not the over-heavy richness and encumbered gait of the Asiatic style.

1911 Polit. Sci. Q. 26 102 Sometimes the double complication of an unwieldy surplus and immediately and prospectively over-heavy earnings can be overcome by a single operation.

1991 Financial Times 20 Mar. 41/8 More efforts were needed to slim the group's over-heavy structures.

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

单词	over-heavy
释义	over-heavyadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈhɛvi/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈhɛvi/ Forms: see over- prefix and heavy adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, heavy adj.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + heavy adj.¹ Too heavy (in various senses of the adjective); of excessive weight.In quot. a1425: †very sad (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy > excessively over-heavya1425 overweightya1618 overweight1621 overweight1639 a1425 (?a1400) Bk. Priue Counseling in P. Hodgson Cloud of Unknowing (1944) 167 Ȝit be not ouer heuy for þis, bot suffre meekly & abide paciently þe wille of oure Lorde. c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 167 And ij byschoppys stonding on every syde of hym, helping hym to bere the crowne, for hyt was ovyr hevy for hym. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. lxviii^v If they be not ouer heuy they may bere them home. 1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx iii. 14 Corke wanteth waite to sinke, and lead is ouer heauie to swimme. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxv. 341/2 King Ethelred..set his seeming ouer-heauy Crowne vpon his Nephew Kenreds head. 1683–6 tr. Plutarch Lives (1864) When the net was full of fishes, over-heavy thinking it, He declined to haul it up. 1838 R. Southey Madoc in Poet. Wks. V. ii. xvii. 324 On her golden locks The helmet's overheavy load she placed. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 73 The Corinthian style..has not the over-heavy richness and encumbered gait of the Asiatic style. 1911 Polit. Sci. Q. 26 102 Sometimes the double complication of an unwieldy surplus and immediately and prospectively over-heavy earnings can be overcome by a single operation. 1991 Financial Times 20 Mar. 41/8 More efforts were needed to slim the group's over-heavy structures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1425
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