overdone

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊvəɹˈdʌn/

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Adjective

overdone (comparative more overdone, superlative most overdone)

1. Cooked too much.
2. Exaggerated; overwrought.
   • 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

Further reading

• overdone in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• “overdone”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• done over