Over-sensitive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of oversensitive. alt-of, alternative

    "The reason it’s worth standing up for punctuation is not that it’s an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of the vapours when they see it misapplied."

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"The reason it’s worth standing up for punctuation is not that it’s an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of the vapours when they see it misapplied."

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