单词 | over-valuing |
释义 | † over-valuingadj. Obsolete. That places too high a value or importance on something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > overestimating or overrating overweening1490 over-valuing1621 overrating1746 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania ii. 165 Her selfe, with whom her owne ouer-valuing conceipt, would never let her quarrell. 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia ii. 289 So neither would it argue height of policy, should an over-valuing opinion of himself, beget in him a contempt of his counsel. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo iv, in Wks. (1721) III. 123 [He] On his own Deeds sets overvaluing Rates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1621 |
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