Etymology

overdressed

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Today it means: Wearing too many clothes for the weather or the occasion. Full definition →

English dressed ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer-
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overdressed · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishdressed
  8. English todayoverdressed

From over- + dressed.

overdressed · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  10. Proto-Italic*dis-
  11. Latindīs-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós
  14. Proto-Italic*rektos
  15. Latinrēctus
  16. Latindīrēctus
  17. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
  18. Old Frenchdrecier
  19. Middle Englishdressen
  20. Englishdress
  21. Englishoverdress
  22. English todayoverdressed

From overdress + -ed.

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