overcaffeinate

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ caffeinate.

Verb

overcaffeinate (third-person singular simple present overcaffeinates, present participle overcaffeinating, simple past and past participle overcaffeinated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To imbibe or cause to imbibe too much caffeine.
   • 2003, Vicki Iovine, The Girlfriends' Guide to Parties and Playdates, →ISBN:

     Jimmy, my husband, swears I always overcaffeinate the morning of a child's party.

   • 2004, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Hotel Babylon, page 76:

     So the waiters used to deliberately overcaffeinate him.

   • 2016, Fortune's Special Delivery, →ISBN, page 36:

     It probably hadn't been the best idea to overcaffeinate before this conversation.

   • 2017, Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat, →ISBN:

     I have seen people seriously overcaffeinate, as your tolerance will be less than when you are eating regular meals.

2. (transitive, uncommon) To add an excessive amount of caffeine to something.