Meaning of over-dressed | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“He was much over-dressed, in a gaudy vest of many colors, a blue neckerchief, bedropped gayly with yellow spots, and arranged with a flaunting tie, quite in keeping with the general air of the man.”

“He was a vulgar, over-dressed fellow, of about thirty-five or forty, of slender yet sinewy build⟳. He wore a plum-colored overcoat, lavender kids, patent-leather shoes, and a shiny silk hat.”

“In strange contrast to her depressing appearance, there sat beside her an over-dressed, much behatted, peroxided young woman, who bore the stamp⟳ of the profession all over her pretty, painted face⟳.”

“They both lived on money of their own⟳, and were wearisomely idle and over-dressed.”

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