Overfast
adj, adv, verb
adj, adv, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To refrain from food to an excessive degree. intransitive
"[…] overfasting could make a monk too exhausted to pray […]"
Adjective
- 1 Too quick.
Adverb
- 1 Too quickly.
"1914-1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear MacDonald shook his head. “Man, you are surely travelling overfast,” said he. “I have heard no evidence yet that any stranger was ever in the house at all.”"
Example
More examples"1914-1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear MacDonald shook his head. “Man, you are surely travelling overfast,” said he. “I have heard no evidence yet that any stranger was ever in the house at all.”"
Etymology
From over- + fast.
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