overrespect

See also: over-respect

English

Alternative forms

• over-respect

Etymology

From over- +‎ respect.

Verb

overrespect (third-person singular simple present overrespects, present participle overrespecting, simple past and past participle overrespected)

1. (transitive) To show excessive respect for (something or someone).
   • 1997, Jere Hoar, “The Incredible Little Louisiana Chicken Killer”, in Body Parts, Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 243:

     People who were timid and liberals who overrespected him, old man William treated icily. He stood on the porch with hands in his pockets, rocking on his slanted heels, squinting with his webbed eyes, wearing a curl to his lips.