overrough

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adjective

Excessively rough.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Excessively rough.

    And as many of us want the shaking now badly enough, I can thank him for it, although it is administered by an overrough and contemptuous hand.

    1878, A Modern Symposium: Subjects: The Soul and Future Life, page 140
    1 more example

    Columbo is not wholly an evil but more an overrough and cruel man who lacks entirely the finer sensibilities which would have released Rosaura from her painful contract.

    2015, Fredson Thayer Bowers, Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy, 1587-1642, page 231

Origin

From over- + rough.

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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