overdight

adj

Etymology

From over- + dight.

  1. inherited from *dʰeyǵ-
  2. inherited from *dīkaną
  3. inherited from *dihtōn — “to compose; invent
  4. inherited from dihtan
  5. inherited from dighten
  6. prefixed as overdight — “over + dight

Definitions

  1. Adorned

    Adorned; decked over; overspread; covered over.

    • Yet farre more faire be those bright Cherubins / Which all with golden wings are overdight

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overdight. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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