overred

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ red.

Adjective

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overred (comparative more overred, superlative most overred)

  1. Excessively red.
    • 2002, Carole Lawrence, Looking for Mary Gabriel, page 139:
      Worse was the overgrown persimmon tree outside the window of my old room. Its overred fruit looked obscene.