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overneat

overneat adjective: excessively neat.

Adjective

overneat (comparative more overneat, superlative most overneat)

  1. Excessively neat.
    • A woman who from being a flattern becomes over-neat, or from being over-neat becomes a flattern, is most certainly in love.1714 September 11 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, September 1, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 591; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator...

Forms of overneat

comparativemore overneat
superlativemost overneat

Origin of overneat

From over- + neat.

Questions about overneat

What does overneat mean?
Overneat means excessively neat.
What part of speech is overneat?
Overneat is an adjective.

Words near overneat in the dictionary

  1. overnaps
  2. overnarrow
  3. overnarrowly
  4. overnationalization
  5. overnear
  6. overneat
  7. overneatness
  8. overnegation
  9. overneglect
  10. overnegligence
  11. overnegligent

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