overnice
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Not an overnice job," he told himself, "but then it's part of farming work.
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Overnice.—One can even become overnice as regards the clearness of concepts.
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Oh, these men overnice, Who are shocked if a colour not virtuous is frankly put on by a vice.”
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What was she trying to say with her dark hints and overnice scruples of a Puritan conscience?
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They are a species of the "overnice," forming a class of their own, as I told Queen Christine of Sweden, one day: "They are the Jansenists of love."
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