overlusty

English

Etymology

over- +‎ lusty

Adjective

overlusty (comparative more overlusty, superlative most overlusty)

1. Too lusty or lively.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

     when a man is over-lusty at legs, then he wears wooden nether-stocks

References

• “overlusty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.