overwroughtadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrɔt/,

/ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrɑt/

Forms: see over- prefix and wrought adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English overwrought , overwork v.

Etymology: < overwrought, past participle of overwork v. Compare overworked adj.

1. Exhausted by overwork; worked to excess. Also in extended use: over-excited; nervous; distraught.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > esp. through labour

forswunka1250

forwroughtc1400

forlaboured1483

broken1490

forespent1563

fortoiled1567

toiled1574

overtoiled?1577

over-laboured1579

back-broken1603

moiled1618

swinked1637

overwrought1648

overtaxed1650

toil-worn1752

used up1823

overworked1830

beat1832

dead-beaten1854

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated

high-wrought1579

feverous1587

tremulous1611

feverish1637

overwound1640

gestient1644

overwrought1648

twittering1648

fevereda1657

tumultuous1667

wrought-up1688

flustered1743

trepidatinga1774

flurried1775

wrought1778

riled1825

tête montée1825

worked up1831

tumultuating1854

trepidant1891

tremorous1897

wroughted1905

goosy1906

hotted-up1923

steamed1923

spooky1926

antsy-pantsy1944

antsy1950

agitato1964

amped1967

wired1970

1648 L. P. Strange-Predictions Catericke 1 Scarcely had this over-wrought Comrade laid an houre in this sort: till..he discovered upon his awaking all the symptoms of a feavor.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 51 This poor over-wrought creature comes in.

1697 W. Wotton Reflections (ed. 2) xxii. 295 What Compost was fit to meliorate their over-wrought or barren Lands.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. iv. 74 Appearances deceived me; for her tranquility was the langour of over-wrought resentment.

1816 H. Downing Mary 58 Wrapping her o'erwrought feelings and her woes In trance.

1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar ii. xiii Not one moan of an overwrought heart escaped him.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xii. 117 Her still overwrought nerves, her excitement and agitation, lent beautiful Marguerite Blakeney much additional charm.

1929 R. S. Lynd & H. M. Lynd Middletown xxiii. 390 An overwrought working class woman..rose in a noisy Pentecostal church and cried, ‘I'm tired of this ol'..world! I'm going home to Jesus!’

1993 Family Therapy Networker Sept. 25/2 The women making such claims were obviously irrational, hysterical, overwrought, not in their right minds.

2. Excessively elaborate; over-laboured. Also (occasionally) figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > laboured or pedantic

tricked1549

pedantical1592

laboured1613

pedantic1631

laborious1657

stiff1664

long-nebbed1818

stiltified1820

stiltish1824

overwrought1839

uncolloquial1840

stilty1845

Ollendorffian1848

literose1859

stilted1874

Hisperic1904

1839 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity I. 404 One cannot read these overwrought passages.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 114 He is the most trenchant writer in the world, yet there is not a sentence of strained emphasis or overwrought antithesis.

a1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) ii. 510 The Curate's rhymes he haply thinks audacious, Emphatic, overwrought.

1972 J. Gathorne-Hardy Rise & Fall Brit. Nanny iv. 113 Occasionally the prose becomes over-wrought and even sentimental.

1996 City Paper (Baltimore) 23 Oct. 28/2 Overwrought family epics reigned on the silver screen in the fabulous 50s.

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

单词	overwrought
释义	overwroughtadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrɔt/, /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrɑt/ Forms: see over- prefix and wrought adj. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English overwrought , overwork v. Etymology: < overwrought, past participle of overwork v. Compare overworked adj. 1. Exhausted by overwork; worked to excess. Also in extended use: over-excited; nervous; distraught. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > esp. through labour forswunka1250 forwroughtc1400 forlaboured1483 broken1490 forespent1563 fortoiled1567 toiled1574 overtoiled?1577 over-laboured1579 back-broken1603 moiled1618 swinked1637 overwrought1648 overtaxed1650 toil-worn1752 used up1823 overworked1830 beat1832 dead-beaten1854 the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated high-wrought1579 feverous1587 tremulous1611 feverish1637 overwound1640 gestient1644 overwrought1648 twittering1648 fevereda1657 tumultuous1667 wrought-up1688 flustered1743 trepidatinga1774 flurried1775 wrought1778 riled1825 tête montée1825 worked up1831 tumultuating1854 trepidant1891 tremorous1897 wroughted1905 goosy1906 hotted-up1923 steamed1923 spooky1926 antsy-pantsy1944 antsy1950 agitato1964 amped1967 wired1970 1648 L. P. Strange-Predictions Catericke 1 Scarcely had this over-wrought Comrade laid an houre in this sort: till..he discovered upon his awaking all the symptoms of a feavor. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 51 This poor over-wrought creature comes in. 1697 W. Wotton Reflections (ed. 2) xxii. 295 What Compost was fit to meliorate their over-wrought or barren Lands. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. iv. 74 Appearances deceived me; for her tranquility was the langour of over-wrought resentment. 1816 H. Downing Mary 58 Wrapping her o'erwrought feelings and her woes In trance. 1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar ii. xiii Not one moan of an overwrought heart escaped him. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xii. 117 Her still overwrought nerves, her excitement and agitation, lent beautiful Marguerite Blakeney much additional charm. 1929 R. S. Lynd & H. M. Lynd Middletown xxiii. 390 An overwrought working class woman..rose in a noisy Pentecostal church and cried, ‘I'm tired of this ol'..world! I'm going home to Jesus!’ 1993 Family Therapy Networker Sept. 25/2 The women making such claims were obviously irrational, hysterical, overwrought, not in their right minds. 2. Excessively elaborate; over-laboured. Also (occasionally) figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > laboured or pedantic tricked1549 pedantical1592 laboured1613 pedantic1631 laborious1657 stiff1664 long-nebbed1818 stiltified1820 stiltish1824 overwrought1839 uncolloquial1840 stilty1845 Ollendorffian1848 literose1859 stilted1874 Hisperic1904 1839 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity I. 404 One cannot read these overwrought passages. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 114 He is the most trenchant writer in the world, yet there is not a sentence of strained emphasis or overwrought antithesis. a1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) ii. 510 The Curate's rhymes he haply thinks audacious, Emphatic, overwrought. 1972 J. Gathorne-Hardy Rise & Fall Brit. Nanny iv. 113 Occasionally the prose becomes over-wrought and even sentimental. 1996 City Paper (Baltimore) 23 Oct. 28/2 Overwrought family epics reigned on the silver screen in the fabulous 50s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1648
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