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单词 overkindness
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overkindnessn.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈkʌɪn(d)nᵻs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkaɪn(d)nᵻs/
Forms: see over- prefix and kindness n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, kindness n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + kindness n. Compare later overkind adj. Compare also later overkindly adj.
Excessive kindness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > excessive
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1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 491 They leyhe to me onkyndenesse for ouyrkyndenesse.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 285 Your ouer kindnesse doth wring teares from me. View more context for this quotation
1663 T. Porter Witty Combat iii. ii I find these people's over kindness mixt; With greyness of subtlety; their plausibility Gives only Credit to their busie purpose.
1723 E. Ward Nuptial Dialogues & Debate vi. 51 Thus Over-kindness makes you run astray, The more we love, the more you disobey.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 12 I love them, ‘not wisely, but too well’, and kill them with over-kindness.
1884 Littell's Living Age 15 Mar. 702/1 In most cases our exotics are killed by over-kindness. We give them too much heat.
1973 Philos. Q. 23 77 I think this piece of over-kindness to Kant a minor point in view of the overall excellence of the book.
1999 Scotsman (Nexis) 21 Oct. 17 She examines..prejudices that hide behind conventional politeness, overkindness that is really disdain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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