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English
Etymology 1
From over- + dressed.
Adjective
overdressed (comparative more overdressed, superlative most overdressed)
- Wearing too many clothes for the weather or the occasion.
1994, Ira J. Chasnoff, “Heat Rash”, in Your Child: A Medical Guide, page 297:Almost all babies get heat rash during hot weather. However, heat rash can occur even in cold weather if your child is overdressed either during the daytime or the nighttime.
- Wearing clothes too formal or too elaborate for the occasion.
1870 October, Perceval Picard, “House Angel in Trim Array”, in The New Monthly Magazine, volume 147, number 598, page 387:Not, a thousand times not, that she should be overdressed. An overdressed Angel is a contradiction in terms. We associate not angelic attributes with the gorgeous attire and plenipotent jewellery of a Houndsditch Hebrewess. Just as the man who is got up in the loudest of loud costumes, and hangs out as a sort of Christmas tree, with incongruous braveries and charms and nicknacks pendent all over, we are apt to deem not a gentleman, but a gent.
2012, Barbara Cartland, Love and the Clans (The Pink Collection; 89), →ISBN:"I was worried you might think I am overdressed," Sheinna replied in a small voice.
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Etymology 2
From overdress + -ed.
Verb
overdressed
- simple past and past participle of overdress