overdeal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From over- + deal (“amount, portion”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdiːl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdiːl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
overdeal (plural overdeals)
- (obsolete) An amount left over; excess.
- 1606, C[aius, i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, page 16:
- Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.
Verb[edit]
overdeal (third-person singular simple present overdeals, present participle overdealing, simple past and past participle overdealt)
- To have too many dealings.
- 2003, Carol Ummel Lindquist, Happily Married with Kids: It's Not Just a Fairy Tale, →ISBN, page 6:
- Extended family issues (Mom overdeals with his family and Dad underdeals with his family).
- To deal too much or too many (for example, playing cards)