单词 | over-homely |
释义 | > as lemmasover-homely over-homely adj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈhəʊmli/ , U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈhoʊmli/ ΚΠ a1617 S. Hieron Christians liue-loode in Wks. (1620) II. 51 In preaching my desire hath euer beene, & I trust shall be, as not to be ouer-homely, which were ill befitting the oracles of God. 1888 M. E. Sandford T. Poole & his Friends I. xii. 210 Coleridge not unfrequently jars upon the sensitiveness of a severely exclusive taste in precisely the same way, by some deliberately clumsy joke, unsavoury metaphor, outrageous pun, or over-homely simile. < as lemmas |
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