overneat
English
Adjective
overneat (comparative more overneat, superlative most overneat)
- Excessively neat.
- 1714 September 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, September 1, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 591; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
- A woman who from being a flattern becomes over-neat, or from being over-neat becomes a flattern, is most certainly in love.
References
- “overneat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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