all-overish en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English all over Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English all-overish From all over + -ish.
Meanings
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(colloquial, dated) Vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise.
[H]e was uncommonly old and uncommonly ugly, and he had a pair of the most extraordinary eyes I ever saw, — they gave me a sort of all-overish feeling when I saw them glaring at me through the pigeon hole.
1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:The drink was beginning to tell on them; she felt quite unsteady and all-overish.
1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 694:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more all-overish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most all-overish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |