| 单词 |
over-fond |
| 释义 |
ˈover-ˈfond, a.
[over- 28.]
Too fond.
1. Too silly or foolish. Obs. exc. dial.
c1585Fair Em iii. 1123 Causing your grief, by overfond affecting a man so trothless. 1599Jas. I. βασιλ. Δωρον iii. 2 b, As for the Chesse, I think it ouer fonde, because it is ouerwise & Philosophick a folly. [1868see over adv. 11.]
2. Too affectionate; having too great an affection or liking for a person or thing (const. of).
1611Shakes. Wint. T. v. ii. 126 Ouer-fond of the Shepheards Daughter. 1774Foote Cozeners iii. Wks. 1799 II. 180, I never was over-fond of my bed. 1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. I. 41 What have I to live for..that I should be overfond of life?
Hence ˈover-ˈfondly adv.; ˈover-ˈfondness.
1614Raleigh Hist. World iv. vii. §4 (1634) 538 To exasperate their furious choler, by uncourtious words or usage as Ceraunus had overfondly done. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iv. x. §7 Out of Over-fondness of that darling Invention. 1842Manning Serm. xxii. (1848) I. 326 What they over⁓fondly doated on, we have coldly forgotten. 1876L. Stephen Eng. Thought 18th Cent. II. 54 Overfondness for ourselves, like over-fondness for children may defeat its own object. |
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