overstrungadj.

(in sense 1)Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈstrʌŋ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈstrəŋ/ (in sense 2)Brit.

/ˈəʊvəstrʌŋ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌstrəŋ/

Forms: see over- prefix and strung adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, strung adj.

Etymology: < over- prefix + strung adj. Compare later overstring v.With sense 2 compare overstringing n.

1. gen. Strung too tightly; (chiefly figurative) too highly strung, overwrought.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [adjective]

tautc1275

rigid?a1425

high-strung1653

wound-up1788

stretched1799

high-toned1804

overstrung1810

intense1817

tense1821

high-tuned1827

screwed-up1829

twittery1840

high-keyed1848

strung-up1853

strained1863

tensioned1872

twitchy1874

keyed-up1885

tensed1911

uptight1934

wired1970

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 105 With fired brain and nerves o'erstrung.

1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xii. 139 The nerves tighten up to the catgut of an overstrung fiddle.

1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 114 The overstrung nerves of the onlookers.

1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xiv. 190 The sight that met the poor black's eyes was too much for the already overstrung nerves.

1961 R. Hodgson Coll. Poems 166 Always somewhat overstrung In the Spring with everything About her in a wild to-do.

1988 Internat. Affairs 64 249 Eden's make-up—vain, irascible, overstrung—did not help.

2. Of a piano or similar keyboard instrument: having the strings arranged on two (rarely, three) levels, the bass strings passing obliquely over the others on the soundboard; cf. overstringing n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [adjective] > types of piano

upright1795

overstrung1860

trichord1866

overstriking1880

understriking1880

tin-panny1885

rinky-tink1906

1860 Sci. Amer. 8 Sept. 174/3 (advt.) Steinway and Sons' Gold Medal Patent Overstrung Grand and Square Pianos are now considered the best Pianos manufactured.

1880 A. J. Hipkins in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 720/2 [In] 1835..Theobald Boehm..contrived an overstrung square, and an overstrung cottage piano.

1958 A. Jacobs New Dict. Music 270 Overstrung, description of pianos in which the strings are set at two different levels.

1978 Daily Tel. 6 May 14/8 (advt.) Broadwood overstrung Rosewood piano.

1994 Oxf. Dict. Music (ed. 2) 673/2 This principle as applied to the pf. [= pianoforte] dates from c.1835, but there had previously been occasional overstrung clavichords.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overstrung
释义	overstrungadj. (in sense 1)Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈstrʌŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈstrəŋ/ (in sense 2)Brit. /ˈəʊvəstrʌŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌstrəŋ/ Forms: see over- prefix and strung adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, strung adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + strung adj. Compare later overstring v.With sense 2 compare overstringing n. 1. gen. Strung too tightly; (chiefly figurative) too highly strung, overwrought. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [adjective] tautc1275 rigid?a1425 high-strung1653 wound-up1788 stretched1799 high-toned1804 overstrung1810 intense1817 tense1821 high-tuned1827 screwed-up1829 twittery1840 high-keyed1848 strung-up1853 strained1863 tensioned1872 twitchy1874 keyed-up1885 tensed1911 uptight1934 wired1970 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 105 With fired brain and nerves o'erstrung. 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xii. 139 The nerves tighten up to the catgut of an overstrung fiddle. 1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 114 The overstrung nerves of the onlookers. 1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xiv. 190 The sight that met the poor black's eyes was too much for the already overstrung nerves. 1961 R. Hodgson Coll. Poems 166 Always somewhat overstrung In the Spring with everything About her in a wild to-do. 1988 Internat. Affairs 64 249 Eden's make-up—vain, irascible, overstrung—did not help. 2. Of a piano or similar keyboard instrument: having the strings arranged on two (rarely, three) levels, the bass strings passing obliquely over the others on the soundboard; cf. overstringing n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [adjective] > types of piano upright1795 overstrung1860 trichord1866 overstriking1880 understriking1880 tin-panny1885 rinky-tink1906 1860 Sci. Amer. 8 Sept. 174/3 (advt.) Steinway and Sons' Gold Medal Patent Overstrung Grand and Square Pianos are now considered the best Pianos manufactured. 1880 A. J. Hipkins in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 720/2 [In] 1835..Theobald Boehm..contrived an overstrung square, and an overstrung cottage piano. 1958 A. Jacobs New Dict. Music 270 Overstrung, description of pianos in which the strings are set at two different levels. 1978 Daily Tel. 6 May 14/8 (advt.) Broadwood overstrung Rosewood piano. 1994 Oxf. Dict. Music (ed. 2) 673/2 This principle as applied to the pf. [= pianoforte] dates from c.1835, but there had previously been occasional overstrung clavichords. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1810
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