Meanings
adjectiveovernew (comparative more overnew, superlative most overnew)
comparative more overnew · superlative most overnew
- Very new.
Bless thy doublet, it is not over-new, threadbare as thy stories:— [...]
1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “All Fools’ Day”, in Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 98
Origin
From over- + new. Piecewise doublet of supernova.
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overnew. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnew
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“overnew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnew. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overnew,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnew.
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