overcaffeinated

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ caffeinated.

Adjective

overcaffeinated (comparative more overcaffeinated, superlative most overcaffeinated)

1. Having ingested too much caffeine, especially in the form of coffee.
   • 2007 December 13, Paul Boutin, “A Universe of Gadget Advice”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It is a wonder some overcaffeinated hacker hasn't cobbled together the code to scrape all of the above into one gadget shopping supersite.

   • 2009 March 19, Joel Rubinoff, “It's not a dream: They're back”, in Toronto Star:

     Unsure what to make of it, I flicked on Entertainment Tonight (7:30 p.m. weekdays on NBC, Global) to find — gak — his sister Marie, who served her own headline-grabbing stint on Dancing two seasons ago, being treated like visiting royalty by the outrageously overcaffeinated Mary Hart.

   • 2022 December 10, Harry Taylor, “Liz Truss and I ‘got carried away’ writing mini-budget, admits Kwasi Kwarteng”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     The article in the FT quoted an unnamed aide describing Truss, who left Downing Street after 49 days once her position became untenable among Conservative MPs, as “overcaffeinated” in her decision-making process.

Verb

overcaffeinated

1. simple past and past participle of overcaffeinate