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ˈover-ˈbitter, a.
[over- 28.]
Too bitter. So ˈover-ˈbitterly adv.; ˈover-ˈbitterness, excessive bitterness.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Spelm.) xiii. 6 Amaritudine, oferbyternysse. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 3474 When þou spekes over bitterly Til any man with noyse or cry. a1586Sidney Arcadia (1622) 45 Musidorus had ouer-bitterly glaunced against the reputation of womankind. 1600R. Persons in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1906) II. 120 But the rest for that it was longe and over bitter against some particular men, I thought good to leave it out. 1626in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 360 His overbitterness in the Aggravation upon the whole Charge. 1927H. Crane Lett. (1965) 283 A good dig at certain people, but I think the sarcasm is over-bitter. 1943Pope & People (Catholic Truth Soc.) ix. 171 There is now commonly much dispute, and sometimes over-bitter dispute, on this topic. |
