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overcultured en · ADJ

Etymology

From over- + cultured.

Meanings

  1. Excessively cultured.
    • Victor and his companions tumble in and out of love, and while there is regret and an occasional glint of hard feelings, there’s not much in the way of visible labor or palpable loss. Mr. Piñeiro is an observer of love’s laziness, of the tentative, noncommittal expressions of desire among underemployed, overcultured urbanites. 2015 June 25, A. O. Scott, “Review: Shakespeare and Love Cuddle Up in ‘The Princess of France’”, in New York Times:

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