Definition of Overdressed

1. Adjective. Dressed too elaborately.

Similar to: Clad, Clothed

Definition of Overdressed

1. Adjective. (past of overdress) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overdressed

1. overdress [v] - See also: overdress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdressed

overdramatising
overdramatization
overdramatizations
overdramatize
overdramatized
overdramatizes
overdramatizing
overdrank
overdraught
overdraw
overdrawing
overdrawn
overdraws
overdreep
overdress
overdressed
overdresses
overdressing
overdrew
overdribble
overdribbled
overdribbles
overdribbling
overdried
overdries
overdrink
overdrinking
overdrinks
overdrive
overdriven

Literary usage of Overdressed

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

1. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1910)
"... all idea of decoration and ornament finally rest, and that an overdressed house, is, were that possible, in worse taste than an overdressed woman. ..."

2. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1857)
"Prom these' dissipated' characters Griffin works his way to the carriage containing the belle of the station, ' a handsome, overdressed girl, ..."

3. Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates (1900)
"An overdressed Spanish woman is frightfully overdressed, her voice is maddening, her gusts of mirth and anger are painfully uncontrolled. ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine (1875)
"Tho booth and the orchestra are but elegant cockney- isms; the flaring gaslights, the overdressed women, many of them evidently lionnes of an advanced type, ..."

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