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overinvolved

adj

Etymology

From over- + involved.

  1. derived from *welH-✻ — “to turn; to wind (turn coils)”
  2. derived from involvō — “to roll to or upon something; to roll about; to coil or curl up; to cover; to envelop, wrap up; to overwhelm”
  3. derived from involvere
  4. derived from involver
  5. inherited from involven — “to cloud; to encumber; to envelop, surround; to ponder (something); (reflexive) to concern (oneself) with something”
  6. formed as involved — “involve + -ed”
  7. prefixed as overinvolved — “over + involved”

Definitions

  1. Excessively involved.

    • A young couple’s marriage is threatened when the husband, a social worker, becomes overinvolved with a disturbed client in this well-written novel, Gaige’s second.

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