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overquick

overquick adjective: too quick; overly quick.

Adjective

overquick (not comparable)

  1. Too quick; overly quick.
    • And Merlin answered, 'Overquick art thou / To catch a loathly plume fallen from the wing / Of that foul bird of rapine whose whole prey / Is man's good name: he never wronged his bride.1885, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King
    • Then I slipped away and paid marked and honorific courtesy to Bederhof's wife and Bederhof's daughters, tall girls, not over-quick to be married, somehow quite inevitable if one considered Bederhof himself.1899, Anthony Hope, The King's Mirror

Origin of overquick

From over- + quick.

Words formed from overquick

Questions about overquick

What does overquick mean?
Overquick means too quick; overly quick.
What part of speech is overquick?
Overquick is an adjective.

Words near overquick in the dictionary

  1. overquells
  2. overqueried
  3. overqueries
  4. overquery
  5. overquerying
  6. overquick
  7. overquickly
  8. overquiet
  9. overquietly
  10. overquietness
  11. overquotation

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