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all-overishness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pervasive feeling of uneasiness produced by apprehension or indisposition; general discomfort; malaise.

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  • noun The state or condition of being all-overish; an uncomfortable physical feeling.

Etymologies

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all-overish +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • "And Charlie for general all-overishness," added Marjorie.

    In Blue Creek Cañon Anna Chapin Ray 1905

  • "Well, I feel a sort of all-overishness, a kind of lassitude and sleepiness, with a slight headache, and a dull pain which appears to be creeping up my spine."

    Black Ivory Francis B. Pearson 1859

  • Indeed, he truly said that he had 'been hup with him all night, and at one time thought it was all hover with him,' the all-overishness consisting of Mr. Leather being nearly all over the hack's head, in consequence of the animal shying at another drunken man lying across the road.

    Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833

  • 'all-overishness,' the dreaded curse of an African climate.

    He Andrew Lang 1878

  • "A kind of general all-overishness, if you know what that means.

    Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story George de Horne Vaizey 1887

  • Nothin 'o' that sort, but a kind of hot all-overishness, wi 'pains that -- but you can't understand it, Stumpy, if you've never' ad it. "

    Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories 1859

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