Meanings
adjectiveover-old (comparative more over-old, superlative most over-old)
comparative more over-old · superlative most over-old
- Too old.
My body over-old for deeds begrudged such government.
1875, Virgil, translated by William Morris, Aeneid, section VIII1 more example
And one Attalus in Seneca saith, the remembrance of our last friends is as pleasing to us, as bitternesse in wine that is over old[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 20, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
Origin
- Old Englishofereald
- Englishover-old
From Old English ofereald, corresponding to over- + old. Cognate with Dutch overoud, German überalt.
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