单词 | overindulgency |
释义 | overindulgencyn. rare. Excessive indulgence; an act of overindulgence. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > [noun] > indulgence > excessive indulgence surfeitrya1500 overindulgencya1631 overindulgence1749 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 351 Sleepe not lazily in an over-indulgency to these affections. 1947 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 6 Apr. in Yours, Plum (1990) iii. 106 A bill for thirteen mille (£26 to you) for electric light, this including my nine mille penalty for overindulgency during the winter. 2000 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 Dec. 14 Recover from the over indulgencies of the festive season, luxuriating in the warm sunshine of Tenerife. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1631 |
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