Definition of Overcoloring

1. Verb. (present participle of overcolor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overcoloring

1. overcolor [v] - See also: overcolor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcoloring

overcoatless
overcoats
overcoddle
overcoddled
overcoddles
overcoddling
overcold
overcollateralize
overcollateralized
overcollateralizes
overcollateralizing
overcollection
overcollections
overcolor
overcolored
overcoloring
overcolors
overcolour
overcome
overcomer
overcomers
overcomes
overcomest
overcometh
overcoming
overcomingly
overcomings
overcommercialization
overcommercialize
overcommercialized

Literary usage of Overcoloring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"Vasari's love of the marvelous always led him to an overcoloring of what he most admired or disliked, so that none of his statements can be accepted ..."

2. The Christian Examiner (1829)
"There is such prosaic exaggeration and harsh overcoloring, that though some single expressions may be striking, the passage taken as a whole is discordant ..."

3. The Metropolitan (1831)
"Why, then, should Mrs. Stowe be charged with overcoloring the picture she has drawn of those who displayed strong natural affection, mental culture, ..."

4. Essays on the Principles of Morality and on the Private and Political Rights by Jonathan Dymond (1896)
"... some little deduction from the truth, in speaking of matters that are against their cause, or some little overcoloring of facts in their own favor. ..."

5. The Literary World by Samuel R. Crocker, Edward Abbott, Nicholas Paine Gilman, Madeline Vaughan Abbott Bushnell, Bliss Carman, Herbert Copeland (1887)
"... deep brown, admirably suited to the subjects, imparting a warm, rich tone to the plate, avoiding both a cold severity and a crude overcoloring. ..."

6. The Christian Examiner and General Review edited by Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware (1829)
"There is such prosaic exaggeration and harsh overcoloring, that though some single expressions may be striking, the passage taken as a whole is discordant ..."

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