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oversuck

verb

Etymology

From over- + suck.

  1. derived from *sewg-✻
  2. derived from *sūkaną✻ — “to suck, suckle”
  3. inherited from *sūkan✻
  4. inherited from sūcan — “to suck”
  5. inherited from souken
  6. prefixed as oversuck — “over- + suck”

Definitions

  1. To suck excessively (all senses)

    To suck excessively (all senses); suck too much.

    • The like little fatigue takes place in children nourished at the breast; and by this mean it is, that infants, especially when very young, are not so apt to oversuck, as they are to be overfed by the boat or the spoon; […]

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