overbattered en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From over- + battered.
Meanings
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Coated in too much batter.
The squid-ink foam and yuzu kosho aioli may get along well with a fried oyster sitting on a drum of rice rolled in nori, but the oyster was so overbattered and overcooked I couldn’t tell.
2015 October 27, Pete Wells, “O Ya Riffs on Sushi and Sashimi in Kips Bay”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more overbattered | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most overbattered | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |