overcultivated en · ADJ
Etymology
From over- + cultivated.
Meanings
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Excessively cultivated.
The overcultivated, emotionally constrained New York of Edith Wharton and Henry James — who appears in the novel as a force for debilitating self-control — resounds in the morality tale of Theodore’s demise.
2007 September 16, Sophie Gee, “The Red Badge of Scandal”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more overcultivated | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most overcultivated | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |