overgood
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overgood (not comparable)
- Too good; excessively good.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- There is another kind of glory, which is an over-good opinion we conceive of our worth.
- 1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel:
- "Simon," said Aylward, "the light is not overgood and the place is cramped for sword-play, but if you will step out into the open I will teach you whether my master is a true soldier or not."