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Overconscientious

//ˌəʊvəkɒnʃiːˈɛnʃəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Excessively conscientious.

    "If he were not over conſciencious in that, vnder colour of ſome treatie, parlie or accord, to take any advantage of his enemies: he was as little ſcrupulous, in that he required no other vertue in his Souldiers, but valour; […]"

Etymology

From over- + conscientious.

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