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overdressed.

Wearing too many clothes for the weather or the occasion.

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Wearing too many clothes for the weather or the occasion.

  2. Wearing clothes too formal or too elaborate for the occasion.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English dressed English overdressed From over- + dressed.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of overdress

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English dress English overdress English -ed English overdressed From overdress + -ed.

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