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overdresses

  • present tense form of overdress (3rd person singular).

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As the head of a luxury marketing agency who overdresses, smokes, mocks political correctness and oozes meanness, she is the extreme version of the “Parisienne,” disseminating style and scorn in equal measure.

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2020

They are maids of the court, who wear rose-pink bodices and overdresses over white.

From Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People by Mackay, Constance D'Arcy

The bride-maids were all dressed in a uniform of white tarletan, trained, with overdresses of the same, rose-colored sashes and bows, and rose wreaths on their heads.

From Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

If a more satiny look than cheesecloth gives is wished, let the overdresses be of light-colored cambric with the glazed side turned outward.

From Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People by Mackay, Constance D'Arcy

She still overdresses, and makes eyes, and she nudges those who sit next her at table, but she is good-natured, says whatever comes into her head, and has a strong sense of humor.

From Unleavened Bread by Grant, Robert