overearnest

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adjective

Excessively earnest

“an overearnest college student”

OriginEnglish earnest ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

adjectiveoverearnest (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExcessively earnest

    an overearnest college student

Origin

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

From over- + earnest.

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APA

overearnest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overearnest

MLA

“overearnest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overearnest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overearnest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overearnest.

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