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English
Etymology
From over- + severe.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈsɪˈvɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈsɪˈvɪɹ/
- Hyphenation: o‧ver‧sev‧ere
Adjective
oversevere (comparative more oversevere, superlative most oversevere)
- (rare) Excessively severe.
1817, United States Government Printing Office, United States Congressional Serial Set, U.S. G.P.O., page 343:Companies, by often imposing oversevere tasks on their men, oblige them to use every subterfuge in order to meet the imjust exigencies of their employers.
1822, Francis Charles Laird, Lady Jane Grey, and Her Times, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, page 125:From her girlish days, Lady Jane was permitted, by her fond, yet oversevere parents, to mix with a few of the intimate friends of the family.
1858, Catherine Grace F . Gore, Heckington, Hurst and Blackett Publishers, page 129:"I cannot help hoping that you are oversevere," said Miss Corbet.
1865, Francis Charles Laird, The Nation, J.H. Richards, pages 718–719:If the Senate amendments prevail the alien would find himself caught between two fires. He must register if he is an alien; he must pass an oversevere educational test if he wishes to become a citizen.
1920, The Saturday Evening Post, G. Graham, page 22:This is not an unjust or oversevere commentary; let any reasonable reader inspect the publications of the vers-libre poets, the exhibitions of cubist sculpture and futurist painting, the productions of the disciples of the new art of the theater and decide that point for himself.