ˈoverˈcommon, a.
[over- 28.]
Too common, excessively common. So ˈover-ˈcommonness, too great frequency.
| 1480 Caxton Ovid's Met. xiv. iv, The entre [to helle] is ouercomune.., but fewe of them that goon theder fynde the retourne. 1594 Hooker Eccl. Pol. ii. vi. §4 Obiecting that with vs Arguments taken from authoritie negatiuely are ouer-common. 1604 Hieron Wks. I. 537 They say the ouer⁓commonnesse of preaching will breed contempt of preaching. 1690 Dryden Amphitryon Ep. Ded., Vertues not over⁓common amongst English Men. |