Associations to the word «Overdress»
Noun
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Wiktionary
OVERDRESS, verb. To wear too many clothes for a particular occasion.
OVERDRESS, verb. To wear clothing which is too elaborate or formal for a particular occasion.
Dictionary definition
OVERDRESS, verb. Dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot".
OVERDRESS, verb. Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.