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Definition of Overvaliant
1. Adjective. Having or showing undue valor or boldness. "A foolish overvaliant act"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overvaliant
Literary usage of Overvaliant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"One or two stepped with overvaliant airs as if they were already plunged into war.
Others walked as upon thin ice. The greater part of the untested men ..."
2. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... dissembles his feelings, in short, is a hypocrite, a moral coward, while
affecting to be, and to a certain extent being, brusque, overvaliant in words. ..."
3. Union Portraits by Gamaliel Bradford (1916)
"... dissembles his feelings, in short, is a hypocrite, a moral coward, while
affecting to be, and to a certain extent being, brusque, overvaliant in words. ..."
4. The Women of the South in War Times by Matthew Page Andrews (1920)
"... dissembles his feelings, in short, is a hypocrite, a moral coward, while
affecting to be, and to a certain extent being, brusque, overvaliant in words. ..."
5. The Women of the South in War Times by Matthew Page Andrews (1920)
"... dissembles his feelings, in short, is a hypocrite, a moral coward, while
affecting to be, and to a certain extent being, brusque, overvaliant in words. ..."
6. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"... and the daylight showed us so much to dread, that we do not feel overvaliant
in the dark. How much longer shall we stand on, upon this tack ? ..."
7. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"... and the daylight showed us so much to dread, that we do not feel overvaliant
in the dark. How much longer shall we stand on, upon this tack ? ..."
8. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell, Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor (1898)
"... "and the daylight showed us so much to dread, that we do not feel overvaliant
in the dark. How much longer shall we stand on, upon this tack? ..."
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