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overkindness

overkindness noun: excessive kindness.

Noun

overkindness (uncountable)

  1. Excessive kindness.
    • O noble sir,
      Your over-kindness doth wring tears from me!1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • The pony stepped out at an invariable ten-mile-an-hour trot. The breeze raised by the motion tempered the overkindness of the sun […]1908, James Prior, chapter 12, in A Walking Gentleman, New York: Dutton, page 108

Origin of overkindness

From overkind + -ness.

Questions about overkindness

What does overkindness mean?
Overkindness means excessive kindness.
What part of speech is overkindness?
Overkindness is a noun.

Words near overkindness in the dictionary

  1. overkilled
  2. overkilling
  3. overkills
  4. overkind
  5. overkindly
  6. overkindness
  7. overking
  8. overkingdom
  9. overkingdoms
  10. overkings
  11. overknee

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