Meanings
adjectiveoverhappy (comparative more overhappy, superlative most overhappy)
comparative more overhappy · superlative most overhappy
- Exceedingly happy.
Happy, in that we are not ouer-happy: on Fortunes Cap we are not the very Button.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 262
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
overhappy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhappy
MLA
“overhappy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhappy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overhappy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhappy.
Source: overhappy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.