overinclined

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ inclined

Adjective[edit]

overinclined (comparative more overinclined, superlative most overinclined)

  1. Overly inclined.
    • 1929, Eleanor Henrietta Hull, Cuchulain: The Hound of Ulster:
      As the Arthurian legend all through the Middle Ages set before men's minds an ideal of high purpose, purity of life, and chivalrous behaviour in an age that was not overinclined to practise these virtues, so these old Irish romances []