单词 | over-strong |
释义 | over-strongadj. Excessively strong (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly > excessively over-strong?c1225 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent sharpc1000 hotc1175 poignantc1387 keen1398 angryc1400 eager?c1400 tartc1405 argutec1420 mordicative?a1425 mordificative?a1425 piperinea1425 pungitive?a1425 pikea1475 vehement1490 oversharpa1500 over-stronga1500 penetrating?1576 penetrative1578 quick1578 piercing1593 exalted1594 mordicant1603 acute1620 toothed1628 pungent1644 piquant1645 tartarous1655 mordacious1657 piperate1683 peppery1684 tartish1712 hyperoxide1816 snell1835 mordanta1845 shrill1864 piperitious1890 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > extreme or excessive excessive1555 flaming1609 wanton1680 flaring1820 ultra1827 over-strong1897 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 217 Ne þerf hit naut beon se ouer strong [a1300 Caius ower strong] as his [salue] wes. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 166 (MED) Þe entensionz forsoþ ar conseyued..Of sikenesez after composicioun..Of medicynes when þai be feble, horrible, or ouerstrong [L. nimis fortes]. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 40 To gret an oost is hurt in mony cace: First, slough it is in journeyinge & longe;..Expense eek of vitaile is ouer stronge. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 2105 Or venenous, stynging, or ouyrstronge. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 106 The woords thou spaakst Are feyned fancies Acheloy: and ouerstrong thou maakst The Gods. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. H2v Fly, fly, my Lord, the Queene is ouerstrong. ?1630 Cleocreton & Cloryana 62 The beautiful Princess was afraid to displease her Father with an overstrong denial. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1590 O lastly over-strong against thy self! View more context for this quotation 1714 S. Centlivre Wonder v. 78 He took me in an unguarded minute,—when my Thoughts were not over strong for a Nunnery, Father. 1793 J. O'Keeffe World in Village i. i. 3 Not being over strong in purse, I plann'd a frugal retirement. 1839 J. Kenyon Rhymed Plea for Tolerance 62 Th' o'erstrong narcotic played a wholesome part, And, with redeeming nausea, cleans'd the heart. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. iv. 62 I think his health is not over-strong. 1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 74 This is not an overstrong statement. 1920 Times 19 Jan. 13/2 An over-strong Russia..might not altogether suit the Realpolitik of this country. 2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 viii. 226 Gerard snorted, though softly like a nan having difficulty over an over-strong mint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?c1225 |
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