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Webster 1913 Edition


Overlight

O′ver-lightˊ

,
Noun.
Too strong a light.
Bacon.

O′ver-light′

,
Adj.
Too light or frivolous; giddy.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overlight

OVERLIGHT

,
Noun.
Too strong a light.

Definition 2024


overlight

overlight

English

Verb

overlight (third-person singular simple present overlights, present participle overlighting, simple past and past participle overlit or overlighted)

  1. (transitive) To illuminate too brightly.
    • 2007 July 15, Andy Newman, “In Hospital Scrubs and Officer’s Blues, a Kinship”, in New York Times:
      Dozens of times over the next two years, Officer Yan’s work brought him through the sliding glass doors into the overlit clamor of Kings County’s emergency room, one of the busiest in the city.

Adjective

overlight (comparative more overlight, superlative most overlight)

  1. (dated) Too light or frivolous; giddy.

Noun

overlight

  1. excessive light
    • Francis Bacon
      An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle.