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overboisterous

adj

Etymology

From over- + boisterous.

  1. derived from boitous — “limping; having a rough, uneven surface”
  2. derived from boystous
  3. derived from boistous — “crude, unrefined”
  4. inherited from boistres
  5. prefixed as overboisterous — “over + boisterous”

Definitions

  1. Excessively boisterous.

    • She was neither overdressed nor overdecked in jewels, nor over made-up as some of her peers were; nor was she overboisterous.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA