Etymology

overdear

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Today it means: Too dear; too highly valued. Full definition →

Middle English *overdere
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  1. Middle English · inherited from*overdere
  2. English todayoverdear

From Middle English *overdere (suggested by Middle English overdere (“too expensively, at too great a cost”, adverb)), equivalent to over- + dear.

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