overness

English

Etymology

From over +‎ -ness.

Noun

overness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being over (finished, elapsed, concluded).
   • 2001, Gregory E. Ganssle, God & Time: Four Views (page 73):

     I do not suppose, however, that those who think that the overness of some experience or segment thereof is incompatible with maximal fullness of life would be bothered by such overness.

   • 2005, Sharon Delmendo, The Star-Entangled Banner:

     Brownies in the Philippines illustrates American anxieties regarding the "overness" of the supposedly — and, more important, successfully — concluded Philippine-American war.

Anagrams

• Eversons, Severson