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over-[over- 词源字典]: word-forming element meaning "above; highest; across; too much; above normal; outer," from Old English ofer (see over). Over and its Germanic relations were widely used as prefixes, and sometimes could be used with negative force. This is rare in Modern English, but compare Gothic ufarmunnon "to forget," ufar-swaran "to swear falsely;" Old English ofercræft "fraud."[over- etymology, over- origin, 英语词源]
over-abundance (n.): late 14c., from over- + abundance.
over-abundant (adj.): c. 1400, from over- + abundant.
over-achiever (n.): also overachiever, 1953, from over- + agent noun of achieve (v.). Related: Over-achieve; over-achieving.
over-age (adj.): 1886, from over- + age (n.). Related: Over-aged "those who are too old" (late 15c.).
over-anxious (adj.): 1713, from over- + anxious. Related: Overanxiously; overanxiousness.
over-cautious (adj.): 1706, from over- + cautious. Related: Over-cautiously; over-cautiousness.
over-compensate (v.): 1758 (implied in over-compensated), from over- + compensate. Related: Over-compensating.
over-compensation (n.): 1917 in the psychological sense, translating German überkompensation, from over- + compensation. A term used by A. Alder to denote exaggerated striving for power in someone who has an inner sense of inferiority.
over-confidence (n.): c. 1700, from over- + confidence.
over-confident (adj.): 1610s, from over- + confident. Related: Overconfidently.
over-correction (n.): 1828, from over- + correction.
over-educated (adj.): 1788, from over- + educated.
over-estimate (v.): 1768, from over- + estimate (v.). Related: Over-estimated; over-estimating.
over-estimation (n.): 1793, noun of action from over-estimate (v.).
over-excite (v.): 1708 (implied in over-excited), from over- + excite. Related: Over-exciting.
over-excitement (n.): 1815, from over- + excitement.
over-expose (v.): 1869, in photography, from over- + expose (v.). Figurative sense, in reference to celebrity, first attested 1969 (implied in overexposure). Related: Over-exposed; over-exposing.
over-extend (v.): "to take on too much" (work, debt, etc.), 1937, from over- + extend. Related: Over-extended; over-extending.
over-indulge (v.): 1741, from over- + indulge. Related: Over-indulged; over-indulging.