Overbrilliant
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Excessively brilliant.
"Lucy was certainly very fresh that morning ; she pawed the gravel, champed her bit, tossed her head, and looked ready for a race indeed. Not being an overbrilliant rider, I firmly refused my uncle’s invitation to mount the mare, and he took her himself. Aileen and Nora sprang into their saddles, and the phaeton, drawn by a couple of sturdy ponies, was left for Biddy, Oona, and myself."
Example
More examples"Lucy was certainly very fresh that morning ; she pawed the gravel, champed her bit, tossed her head, and looked ready for a race indeed. Not being an overbrilliant rider, I firmly refused my uncle’s invitation to mount the mare, and he took her himself. Aileen and Nora sprang into their saddles, and the phaeton, drawn by a couple of sturdy ponies, was left for Biddy, Oona, and myself."
Etymology
From over- + brilliant.
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