Etymology

overdelicate

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Today it means: Excessively delicate. Full definition →

Middle English overdelicat
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromoverdelicat
  2. English todayoverdelicate

From Middle English overdelicat, equivalent to over- + delicate.

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