overholy

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adjective

Too holy.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveoverholy (comparative more overholy, superlative most overholy)

comparative more overholy · superlative most overholy

  1. rareToo holy.

    But it is regretful that the most part of you thinks yourselves holy enough, if ye come to the kirk anes on the Sabbath, and that ye are overholy, if ye come twice to it.

    2012, Alexander Henderson, C. Matthew McMahon, Therese B. McMahon, Sermons, Prayers, and Pulpit Addresses (page 534)

Origin

From over- + holy.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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