English Explanatory Dictionary

overdear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Too dear; too highly valued.

Word forms

overdear more overdear most overdear

Etymology

From Middle English *overdere (suggested by Middle English overdere (“too expensively, at too great a cost”, adverb)), equivalent to over- + dear.

Derived words

overdearly
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