单词 | overlard |
释义 | overlardv.ΚΠ 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction 157 Some nice stomackes ouerlarded with sacietie and surfeite..will condemne me for enterlacing these moderne models among sacred Relickes. 2. transitive. figurative. To intersperse or garnish (speech, writing, etc.) with an excessive number of words, ideas, etc. Frequently with with. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > adorn excessively overdeck1712 overlard1819 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. iii. 221 So completely had the bard..been overlarded with panegyric. 1858 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 381/2 It is full of fresh observations and lively descriptions,—perhaps a little too overlarded and oversprigged with prose and verse quotations,—but as lively as a golden carp just landed. 1965 Shakespeare Q. 16 335 The Festival since the beginning has always approached Shakespeare with great honesty..rather than overlarding the play with such tricks as changes of period, devices which call attention to themselves rather than to the action and dialogue. 1994 Guardian 15 Feb. 7 Glover makes few concessions, refusing to over-lard the dialogue with laughs though its commitment to realism makes for a flat conclusion. Derivatives ˌoverˈlarding n. ΚΠ 1862 T. C. Grattan Beaten Paths II. 147 We have not that overlarding with quotations [etc.] which form the staple of ordinary authorship. 1993 Sunday Times (Nexis) 4 July A slight overlarding of actressiness and luvviedom was the only flaw in the thing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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