over and aboveprep.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊv(ə)r ən(d) əˈbʌv/,

/ˌəʊv(ə)r n̩(d) əˈbʌv/, U.S.

/ˈoʊv(ə)r (ə)n əˈbəv/

Forms: see over prep., and conj.¹, adv., and n.¹ and above prep.; also 1800s hoverendebuv (irregular).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over prep., and conj.¹, above prep.

Etymology: < over prep. + and conj.¹ + above prep.

A. prep.

1. Above in rank, in a superior position to; higher or greater than.

ΚΠ

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 418 (MED) Ech preest is ouer and aboue a deken..and ech deken is ouer and aboue a lay persoon.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 429 Holi Scripture approueth weel princehode and duchehode and othere officis vndir hem to be ouer and aboue the comoun peple.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. vii. 239 That special pre-eminence, which the king hath, over and above all other persons.

1856 J. Campbell Atrocious Judges 405 The inferior courts would revise all the decisions of the judges placed over and above them.

1999 P. Mishra Romantics (2001) i. vi. 70 It had been a realm of existence over and above her sorrows and disappointments on the material plane.

2. In addition to, besides.

ΚΠ

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 343 (MED) To alle freel persoones and not disposid to greet perfitnes of pacience and of douȝtines..the lak of sufficience is of more perel than habundance ouer and aboue sufficience.

1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 89/2 This proviso to take effecte, till the Kyng have graunted to the seid Alexander an annuyte of v Marcs by yere duryng his lyfe, over and above x Marcs by yere to be graunted to hym by Sir John Hudylston.

1521 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 23 The Kynge, over and above thys, signifieth unto Your Grace oon of hys owne secrete devisis.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. vii. 7 Ouer and aboue al that it had cost him.

1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. vi. 123 Over and above all the former grounds which the Romanists themselves do in some sort acknowledge.

1662 J. Graunt Bills of Mortality xii In London..about one in 32 dies, over and above what dies of the Plague.

1727 A. Pope Let. 22 Oct. in C. F. Burgess Lett. J. Gay (1966) 69 These two verses are over and above what I've said of you in the Poem.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. vi. 86 Both were..subject (over and above all other renders) to the oath of fealty.

1837 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1830–37 3 66 Over and above the gift of two external or cranial eyes, man has been by his adorable Creator endowed with an internal cerebral organ.

1885 Manch. Examiner 5 June 5/3 There ought..to have been an army over and above these garrisons, ready to be moved..to a threatened point.

1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) iii. xvi. 195 ‘Collective piece-work’, whereby a group of workers..are guaranteed their regular time-rates but are promised, over and above these, an agreed share of the costs they may save.

1976 Howard Jrnl. 18 22 Over and above this there is the fact of who those governors were.

2001 B. Sloan I watched Wild Hog eat my Baby ix. 125 The market placement allowances..were actually nothing more than bribes demanded by the supermarket chains over and above the legitimate expenses involved.

3. More than; in excess of.

ΚΠ

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 135 There be (saith Fabian),..or at those dayes were, ouer & above .xl. thousand knightes fees.

1755 G. G. Beekman Let. (1956) I. 270 I hope alledged Tar Barrels will fetch something. I dispatch Captain Martin in two days the Tar he has is all Over and above 31 Gallon to a Barrel.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. viii. 101 Revenue which is over and above what is necessary for the maintenance.

1997 J. Ryan Dismantling Mr Doyle iv. 41 He accused her of molly-coddling..Anton whose welfare, it seemed to him, she often considered over and above his own.

2000 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 24 Mar. 1 b Asked if she believed Sheppard loved her ‘over and above his love for his wife’ she answered, ‘No.’

B. adv.

1. Additionally, furthermore. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 391 They had so great affection vnto them, that ouer and aboue they sent them good charity.

1681 R. L'Estrange tr. Cicero Offices (ed. 2) 120 Not that I would serve a good man ever the less, for being Rich over and above.

1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 25. ¶9 Alexander not only forgave the Affront..but gave the poor Fellow his Freedom over and above.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Cabbage When taxed with their knavery, they equivocally swear,..alluding to the second protest, that what they have over and above is not more than they could put in their eye.

1849 F. W. Newman Soul iv. 175 When that other, who is the sole teacher, is, over and above, younger than many who are to be taught.

1987 N. C. Chaudhuri Thy Hand, Great Anarch! vi. ii. 442 Over and above, a brother of Sarat Bose was the leading cardiologist in Calcutta.

2. Modifying an adjective or adverb: exceedingly, too much, too. English regional and U.S. regional in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase]

too welleOE

too muchc1449

to faultiness1530

but too‥1639

over and above1732

to a fault1753

only too1817

1732 H. Fielding Mock Doctor 3 You know my Temper is not over and above passive, and that my Arm is extremely active.

a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. ii. iv. 53 That clergyman must be over and above good, who obliges his parishioners to speak well of him.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. vi. 192 Mrs. Blifil..was not over and above pleased with the Behaviour of her Husband.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. ii. 24 Your mother..is not over and above hale and hearty herself.

1824 L. L. Cameron Hist. Marten & Two Little Scholars (new ed.) v. 31 May be Dainty won't let his mule go, he is so over and above particular.

1857 W. M. Thackeray Let. 30 Mar. (1946) IV. 39 This campaign..has been glorious but not hoverendebuv remewnerative.

1892 East Anglian Daily Times in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) at Over He don't seem goin' so ouer and above well, du ee?

1903 G. S. Wasson Cap'n Simeon's Store vi. 107 ‘He ain't over and above kinky, though, I s'pose likely?’ ‘No,..nothin' very antic about him…there must be some buckram left into him, too, the way he keeps a-going.’

1946 Amer. Speech 21 308/1 ‘He's not over and above smart’, meaning, he was not smart at all, he was something of a dullard.

†C. adj.

Overmuch, too great, excessive. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1865 C. R. Leslie & T. Taylor Sir Joshua Reynolds II. vii. 257 His over-and-above attention to his fame.

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

单词	over and above
释义	over and aboveprep.adv.adj. Brit. /ˌəʊv(ə)r ən(d) əˈbʌv/, /ˌəʊv(ə)r n̩(d) əˈbʌv/, U.S. /ˈoʊv(ə)r (ə)n əˈbəv/ Forms: see over prep., and conj.¹, adv., and n.¹ and above prep.; also 1800s hoverendebuv (irregular). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over prep., and conj.¹, above prep. Etymology: < over prep. + and conj.¹ + above prep. A. prep. 1. Above in rank, in a superior position to; higher or greater than. ΚΠ c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 418 (MED) Ech preest is ouer and aboue a deken..and ech deken is ouer and aboue a lay persoon. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 429 Holi Scripture approueth weel princehode and duchehode and othere officis vndir hem to be ouer and aboue the comoun peple. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. vii. 239 That special pre-eminence, which the king hath, over and above all other persons. 1856 J. Campbell Atrocious Judges 405 The inferior courts would revise all the decisions of the judges placed over and above them. 1999 P. Mishra Romantics (2001) i. vi. 70 It had been a realm of existence over and above her sorrows and disappointments on the material plane. 2. In addition to, besides. ΚΠ c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 343 (MED) To alle freel persoones and not disposid to greet perfitnes of pacience and of douȝtines..the lak of sufficience is of more perel than habundance ouer and aboue sufficience. 1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 89/2 This proviso to take effecte, till the Kyng have graunted to the seid Alexander an annuyte of v Marcs by yere duryng his lyfe, over and above x Marcs by yere to be graunted to hym by Sir John Hudylston. 1521 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 23 The Kynge, over and above thys, signifieth unto Your Grace oon of hys owne secrete devisis. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. vii. 7 Ouer and aboue al that it had cost him. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. vi. 123 Over and above all the former grounds which the Romanists themselves do in some sort acknowledge. 1662 J. Graunt Bills of Mortality xii In London..about one in 32 dies, over and above what dies of the Plague. 1727 A. Pope Let. 22 Oct. in C. F. Burgess Lett. J. Gay (1966) 69 These two verses are over and above what I've said of you in the Poem. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. vi. 86 Both were..subject (over and above all other renders) to the oath of fealty. 1837 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1830–37 3 66 Over and above the gift of two external or cranial eyes, man has been by his adorable Creator endowed with an internal cerebral organ. 1885 Manch. Examiner 5 June 5/3 There ought..to have been an army over and above these garrisons, ready to be moved..to a threatened point. 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) iii. xvi. 195 ‘Collective piece-work’, whereby a group of workers..are guaranteed their regular time-rates but are promised, over and above these, an agreed share of the costs they may save. 1976 Howard Jrnl. 18 22 Over and above this there is the fact of who those governors were. 2001 B. Sloan I watched Wild Hog eat my Baby ix. 125 The market placement allowances..were actually nothing more than bribes demanded by the supermarket chains over and above the legitimate expenses involved. 3. More than; in excess of. ΚΠ 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 135 There be (saith Fabian),..or at those dayes were, ouer & above .xl. thousand knightes fees. 1755 G. G. Beekman Let. (1956) I. 270 I hope alledged Tar Barrels will fetch something. I dispatch Captain Martin in two days the Tar he has is all Over and above 31 Gallon to a Barrel. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. viii. 101 Revenue which is over and above what is necessary for the maintenance. View more context for this quotation 1997 J. Ryan Dismantling Mr Doyle iv. 41 He accused her of molly-coddling..Anton whose welfare, it seemed to him, she often considered over and above his own. 2000 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 24 Mar. 1 b Asked if she believed Sheppard loved her ‘over and above his love for his wife’ she answered, ‘No.’ B. adv. 1. Additionally, furthermore. Now rare. ΚΠ 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 391 They had so great affection vnto them, that ouer and aboue they sent them good charity. 1681 R. L'Estrange tr. Cicero Offices (ed. 2) 120 Not that I would serve a good man ever the less, for being Rich over and above. 1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 25. ¶9 Alexander not only forgave the Affront..but gave the poor Fellow his Freedom over and above. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Cabbage When taxed with their knavery, they equivocally swear,..alluding to the second protest, that what they have over and above is not more than they could put in their eye. 1849 F. W. Newman Soul iv. 175 When that other, who is the sole teacher, is, over and above, younger than many who are to be taught. 1987 N. C. Chaudhuri Thy Hand, Great Anarch! vi. ii. 442 Over and above, a brother of Sarat Bose was the leading cardiologist in Calcutta. 2. Modifying an adjective or adverb: exceedingly, too much, too. English regional and U.S. regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] too welleOE too muchc1449 to faultiness1530 but too‥1639 over and above1732 to a fault1753 only too1817 1732 H. Fielding Mock Doctor 3 You know my Temper is not over and above passive, and that my Arm is extremely active. a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. ii. iv. 53 That clergyman must be over and above good, who obliges his parishioners to speak well of him. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. vi. 192 Mrs. Blifil..was not over and above pleased with the Behaviour of her Husband. View more context for this quotation 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. ii. 24 Your mother..is not over and above hale and hearty herself. 1824 L. L. Cameron Hist. Marten & Two Little Scholars (new ed.) v. 31 May be Dainty won't let his mule go, he is so over and above particular. 1857 W. M. Thackeray Let. 30 Mar. (1946) IV. 39 This campaign..has been glorious but not hoverendebuv remewnerative. 1892 East Anglian Daily Times in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) at Over He don't seem goin' so ouer and above well, du ee? 1903 G. S. Wasson Cap'n Simeon's Store vi. 107 ‘He ain't over and above kinky, though, I s'pose likely?’ ‘No,..nothin' very antic about him…there must be some buckram left into him, too, the way he keeps a-going.’ 1946 Amer. Speech 21 308/1 ‘He's not over and above smart’, meaning, he was not smart at all, he was something of a dullard. †C. adj. Overmuch, too great, excessive. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1865 C. R. Leslie & T. Taylor Sir Joshua Reynolds II. vii. 257 His over-and-above attention to his fame. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < prep.adv.adj.c1449
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