overlard

English

Etymology

over- +‎ lard

Verb

overlard (third-person singular simple present overlards, present participle overlarding, simple past and past participle overlarded)

1. (transitive) To cover or coat with lard.
2. (transitive, figurative) To garnish or strew excessively.
   • 1921, New Catholic World, volume 113, page 160:

     Father D'Arcy defends Catholic theology against those who accuse it of overlarding the idea of God with definitions, and he remarks with perfect truth […]

   • 1943, Reports of Selected Cases Decided in Courts of the State of New York Other Than the Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court: Miscellaneous Reports, page 603:

     The doubts arise from the effects of plaintiff's attorney's conduct in an atmosphere of fulsome overlarding.