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In some senses, overlight is marked as dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
left, wanton
OVERLIGHT + NOUN
electricity, maketh
verb
To illuminate too brightly.
Dozens of times over the next two years, Officer Yan’s work brought him through the sliding glass doors into the overlit clamor of Kings County’s emergency room, one of the busiest in the city.
To illuminate from above.
Thus the stereotype is overlighted by the archetype, just as in conventional Egyptian statuary the historical pharoah is often shown standing under the god, the wings of Horus.
noun
excessive light
An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle, insomuch as perpetual looking against the ſun would cause blindness.
"The Lecture Hall was very tastefully decorated with palms and evergreens and the platform on which the statue of H. B. Blavatsky is placed had several wreaths of lotus flowers beautifully arrayed and the statue itself was bedecked with a profusion of the choicest lotuses and shone out, to great advantage, under the overlight which shed its subdued lustre amid the foliage round it.
adj
Too light or frivolous; giddy.
Also that they be not overlight and wanton of behaviour.
Dozens of times over the next two years, Officer Yan’s work brought him through the sliding glass doors into the overlit clamor of Kings County’s emergency room, one of the busiest in the city.
WiktionaryThus the stereotype is overlighted by the archetype, just as in conventional Egyptian statuary the historical pharoah is often shown standing under the god, the wings of Horus.
WiktionaryAn overlight maketh the eyes dazzle, insomuch as perpetual looking against the ſun would cause blindness.
Wiktionary"The Lecture Hall was very tastefully decorated with palms and evergreens and the platform on which the statue of H. B. Blavatsky is placed had several wreaths of lotus flowers beautifully arrayed and
WiktionaryUpon entering the dining-room, the painting faced one from the opposite end of the room, receiving light from a large landscape window on the left, and an overlight of electricity by night, the room b
WiktionaryAlso that they be not overlight and wanton of behaviour.
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In some senses, overlight is marked as dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.