Overdear

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Too dear; too highly valued.

Etymology

From Middle English *overdere (suggested by Middle English overdere (“too expensively, at too great a cost”, adverb)), equivalent to over- + dear.

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