overclipped

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ clipped

Adjective[edit]

overclipped (comparative more overclipped, superlative most overclipped)

  1. Clipped to excess.
    • 2012, Barbara Claypole White, The Unfinished Garden, page 192:
      The bed was too neat, like an overclipped show dog, but as the season wore on the plants would settle; the garden would find its character.