Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Too strong a light; excessive light.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Too strong a light.
- adjective Too light or frivolous; giddy.
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- verb transitive To
illuminate too brightly. - adjective dated Too
light orfrivolous ;giddy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They overlight the audience, they overlight everything, there is no mystery.
Mike Ragogna: Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More Mike Ragogna 2011
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They overlight the audience, they overlight everything, there is no mystery.
Mike Ragogna: Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More Mike Ragogna 2011
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From the plain, stately pieces of Queen Anne the public turned to the rococo French designs of early Chippendale, then tiring of that, veered back to classic lines, as done by the Adam brothers, and so on, from heavy Chippendale to the overlight and perishable
The Art of Interior Decoration Grace Wood
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Methinks yon fellow's hair is overlight for Norman locks.
The Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle 1882
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This miay either bè an overlight in the author, or puN
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... but I seem to remember something along the lines of "I've never found a subject I couldn't overlight".
Strobist 2010
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