"overdear" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more overdear [comparative], most overdear [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English *overdere (suggested by Middle English overdere (“too expensively, at too great a cost”, adverb)), equivalent to over- + dear. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*overdere}} Middle English *overdere, {{cog|enm|overdere|pos=adverb|t=too expensively, at too great a cost}} Middle English overdere (“too expensively, at too great a cost”, adverb), {{pre|en|over|dear}} over- + dear Head templates: {{en-adj}} overdear (comparative more overdear, superlative most overdear)
  1. Too dear; too highly valued.
    Sense id: en-overdear-en-adj-GhQ-NQM~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

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