单词 | over-ingenious |
释义 | > as lemmasover-ingenious over-ingenious adj. Brit. /ˌəʊvə(r)ɪnˈdʒiːnɪəs/ , U.S. /ˌoʊvərᵻnˈdʒinjəs/ ΚΠ 1849 Amer. Rev. Feb. 123/1 The manner in which our author in general executes the task imposed by his somewhat vague and not over ingenious plan. 1858 W. Bagehot Coll. Wks. (1965) II. 70 It would be over-ingenious to argue..that he had no peculiar interest in young ladies in general. 1994 18th-cent. Stud. 28 20 This posture is complicated throughout by Swift's implication that modernism consists precisely in overingenious rationality. < as lemmas |
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