Overbattered

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Coated in too much batter.

    "The squid-ink foam and yuzu kosho aioli may get along well with a fried oyster sitting on a drum of rice rolled in nori, but the oyster was so overbattered and overcooked I couldn’t tell."

Example

More examples

"The squid-ink foam and yuzu kosho aioli may get along well with a fried oyster sitting on a drum of rice rolled in nori, but the oyster was so overbattered and overcooked I couldn’t tell."

Etymology

From over- + battered.

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