overnourish
English
Verb
overnourish (third-person singular simple present overnourishes, present participle overnourishing, simple past and past participle overnourished)
- (transitive) To nourish excessively.
- 1900, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men on the Bummel
- We prate about our civilisation and humanity, but those of us who do not carry hypocrisy to the length of self-deception know that underneath our starched shirts there lurks the savage, with all his savage instincts untouched. Occasionally he may be wanted, but we never need fear his dying out. On the other hand, it seems unwise to over-nourish him.
- 1900, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men on the Bummel
Derived terms
- overnourished (adjective)
- overnourishment
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