overhappy en · ADJ
Etymology
From over- + happy.
Meanings
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Exceedingly happy.
Happy, in that we are not ouer-happy: on Fortunes Cap we are not the very Button.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 262:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most overhappy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more overhappy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |