overdeck

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ deck

Verb[edit]

overdeck (third-person singular simple present overdecks, present participle overdecking, simple past and past participle overdecked)

  1. (transitive) To overdecorate.
    • 1819, The Spectator:
      [] but one great hindrance in this my design, is, that our clerk, who was once a gardener, has this Christmas so overdecked the church with greens, that he has quite spoiled my prospect []
    • 2015, Muneeza Shamsie, And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women:
      She was neither overdressed nor overdecked in jewels, nor over made-up as some of her peers were; nor was she overboisterous.