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overslow

adj
/əʊvə(ɹ)ˈsləʊ/

Etymology

From over- + slow.

  1. derived from *(s)leyH-✻
  2. inherited from *slaiwaz✻ — “blunt; dull; exhausted, faint, sluggish, weak, weary; listless, torpid; dim-witted, slow; lazy, slack”
  3. inherited from *slaiw✻
  4. inherited from slāw — “lazy; inert, slow”
  5. inherited from slaw
  6. prefixed as overslow — “over + slow”

Definitions

  1. Too slow.

  2. To render slow

    To render slow; to check; to curb.

    • overſlow this furious driver

The neighborhood

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