Overadored

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Given too much adoration.

    "His childhood is spent — the old housekeeper tells me this — in the shadow of an overadored elder sister, who later dies suddenly of meningitis."

Example

More examples

"His childhood is spent — the old housekeeper tells me this — in the shadow of an overadored elder sister, who later dies suddenly of meningitis."

Etymology

From over- + adored.

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