Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Delighted beyond measure.
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- adjective
delighted beyond measure
Etymologies
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over- + delighted
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Examples
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He was surprised and not overdelighted to find Cressida Tottenham there, clothed in a sea-green garment that stuck to her like a limpet where it was most explicit and elsewhere erupted in superfluous frills.
Tied Up in Tinsel Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1972
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I don't imagine that Miss Pope would be overdelighted. "
Dancing with Clara Balogh, Mary 1993
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