overpleasev.
/ˌəʊvəˈpliːz/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈpliz/ transitive. To please excessively; to give too much pleasure to. Also intransitive.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > please too much
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1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §835 The Senses love not to be Over-pleased; But to have a Commixture of somewhat that is in it selfe Ingrate.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 415 He who before fel in over pleasing himself, begins to displease himself at his fall.
1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies Ded. sig. A2 That eagerness of Imagination, which by over-pleasing Fancifull Men, flatters them into the Danger of Writing.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela (1824) 106 You have not over-pleased me.
1986 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 9 Apr. 27 Learning not to overplease, protest, overdo and apologize is the hardest lesson of all.
1995 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 4 Dec. 13 It's what people have come to call the ‘overs’—going overboard as they overspend, overeat, overdrink, overplease others.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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