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overrefine

verb

Etymology

From over- + refine.

  1. derived from fīniō — “to finish”
  2. derived from fin — “fine, minute, exact”
  3. inherited from fin
  4. prefixed as refine — “re + fine”
  5. prefixed as overrefine — “over + refine”

Definitions

  1. To refine to an excessive degree.

The neighborhood

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