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Definition of Overdelicate
1. Adjective. Extremely delicate. "An overdelicate digestive system"
Definition of Overdelicate
1. a. Too delicate.
Definition of Overdelicate
1. Adjective. Excessively delicate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdelicate
Literary usage of Overdelicate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... to affect propriety, to eat, drink in an overdelicate way ; zimpfer- len, to
mince, to be prudish, ..."
2. Music (1893)
"... witty and humorous, yet always distrustful and in his transactions occasionally
not overdelicate ; full of his own artistic importance to overbearing, ..."
3. Recollections of Persons and Places in the West by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1868)
"I soon found, however, that there is no cure like starving for an overdelicate
appetite; and after awhile my disgust was gradually placed under control. ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... Max Dreyer's " Eine " (original, " a vigorous and not overdelicate burlesque ") ; "
Jenseits der Liebe " (comedy) and " Der Lange Preusse ..."
5. As Others See Us: A Study of Progress in the United States by John Graham Brooks (1908)
"... in the majority of cases, overdelicate and languid; a defect chiefly superinduced
by their want of exercise." These among scores. ..."
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