overdone

English

Etymology

From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + done.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ovəɹˈdʌn/

Adjective

overdone (comparative more overdone, superlative most overdone)

  1. Cooked too much.
  2. Exaggerated.
    • 1997, Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros
      There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings-up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.
  3. Repeated too often; hackneyed.

Verb

overdone

  1. past participle of overdo

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