overdressed

See also: over-dressed

English

Alternative forms

• over-dressed

Etymology 1

over- +‎ dressed

Adjective

overdressed (comparative more overdressed, superlative most overdressed)

1. Wearing too many clothes for the weather or the occasion.
   • 1994, Ira J. Chasnoff, “Heat Rash”, in Your Child: A Medical Guide, page 297:

     Almost all babies get heat rash during hot weather. However, heat rash can occur even in cold weather if your child is overdressed either during the daytime or the nighttime.

2. Wearing clothes too formal or too elaborate for the occasion.
   • 1870 October, Perceval Picard, “House Angel in Trim Array”, in The New Monthly Magazine, volume 147, number 598, page 387:

     Not, a thousand times not, that she should be overdressed. An overdressed Angel is a contradiction in terms. We associate not angelic attributes with the gorgeous attire and plenipotent jewellery of a Houndsditch Hebrewess. Just as the man who is got up in the loudest of loud costumes, and hangs out as a sort of Christmas tree, with incongruous braveries and charms and nicknacks pendent all over, we are apt to deem not a gentleman, but a gent.

   • 2012, Barbara Cartland, Love and the Clans (The Pink Collection; 89), →ISBN:

     "I was worried you might think I am overdressed," Sheinna replied in a small voice.

Synonyms

• overclothed

Antonyms

• underdressed

Etymology 2

overdress +‎ -ed

Verb

overdressed

1. simple past and past participle of overdress