overnimble

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ nimble.

Adjective

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overnimble (comparative more overnimble, superlative most overnimble)

  1. Excessively nimble.
    • 1648, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, page 167:
      Acquaint thy self by degrees with hard and knotty studies, as School-divinity, which will clog thy overnimble Phancie.