overwork
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English overwerken, possibly from Old English oferwyrċan (“to overwork, overlay”), equivalent to over- + work. Cognate with Dutch overwerken (“to overwork”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: ō'və-wûkʹ, IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/
- (US) enPR: ō'vər-wûrkʹ, IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈwɝk/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Verb[edit]
overwork (third-person singular simple present overworks, present participle overworking, simple past and past participle overworked or overwrought)
- (transitive) To make (someone) work too hard.
- to overwork a horse
- (intransitive) To work too hard.
- To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
- Longfellow
- My days with toil are overwrought.
- Longfellow
- To decorate all over.
Translations[edit]
to work too hard
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English overwerc, from Old English oferweorc, oferġeweorc (“an overwork, superstructure, tomb”), equivalent to over- + work.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
overwork (uncountable)
- a superstructure
- excessive work
- 1878, Phosphorus in functional disorders of the nervous system, induced by overwork and other influences incidental to modern life
- Various disordered conditions consequent upon overwork, which are characteristic of modern civilisation.
- 1996, Wilkie Au, Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration
- When it comes to overwork, denial looms large.
- 2003, Ernie J Zelinski, Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked
- The Japanese term for sudden death from overwork.
- 1878, Phosphorus in functional disorders of the nervous system, induced by overwork and other influences incidental to modern life
Translations[edit]
excessive work
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- overwork in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- overwork in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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