单词 | over-warm |
释义 | over-warmadj. Too warm. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm > excessively over-warm1587 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 160v The middle point twixt both is best, nor ouer-cold, nor ouer-warme. 1610 R. Tofte Honours Academie 10 From sunnie beames did them defend, which burned ouerwarme. 1713 J. Addison Cato i. iv. 15 Marcus is over-warm, his fond Complaints Have so much Earnestness and Passion in them. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. i. v. 36 Though Mr Booth was..a man of very sweet disposition, yet was he rather over-warm. 1798 H. Brand Adelinda iv. iii, in Plays & Poems 325 By your shaking, and the chattering of your teeth, I think that you cannot be over warm. 1857 S. Glover Cradle of Liberty i. iii. 12 Let me warn you to be more cautious of speech, lest your overwarm zeal in behalf of the colonies lead you into danger. 1886 E. Douglas Punchinello & his wife Judith ii. i. 38 Glowing with constant light not over warm. 1911 Proc. Royal Soc. 84 408 It..relieves the monotony of over-warm and close air. 1998 Gramophone Jan. 122/4 Shared with the CDM1 were an over-warm lower middle which tended to cloud some things—e.g. female voices in their lower register. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1587 |
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