overquick

[ oh-ver-kwik ]

adjective

1. too quick:

   Let's not be overquick to criticize.

Other Words From

• over·quickly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of overquick¹

First recorded in 1530–40; over- + quick

Example Sentences

But at the top of the second stairs he was overquick for her.

From Project Gutenberg

Well—when men speak overquick and overfair, what is that but the toadstool that springs from their breath?

From Project Gutenberg

And one with a vile and overquick temper, as he had proved in Venice.

From Project Gutenberg