单词 | overstayed |
释义 | overstayedadj.1 Nautical. rare. Of a mast: having too many stays, so as to be excessively rigid. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [adjective] > too heavily stayed overstayed1880 1880 Times 25 Dec. 7/4 Ship's efficiency not what my recollection of such a ship should be; masts overstayed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overstayedadj.2 rare. That has been overstayed. ΚΠ 1978 Newsweek (Nexis) 31 July 16 The memory of Bert Lance's long-overstayed welcome weighed heavily on both sides. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 15 Oct. 18 After one overstayed welcome, his host commented: ‘As you appear to have no money, I took the liberty of tipping the servants three dollars each.’ ‘You should have given them five!’ Levant exclaimed. ‘Now they will think I'm stingy.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11880adj.21978 |
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