overstudy

American  

[oh-ver-stuhd-ee, oh-ver-stuhd-ee] / ˌoʊ vərˈstʌd i, ˈoʊ vərˌstʌd i /

verb (used with or without object)

overstudied, overstudying

1. to study too much or too hard (sometimes used reflexively).

   to overstudy a letter for hidden meanings; to overstudy to the point of exhaustion; to overstudy oneself and forget half of what has been read.

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noun

1. excessive study.

Etymology

Origin of overstudy

First recorded in 1635–45; over- + study

Example Sentences

I knew one girl, supposed to be a very fine student, and to have brought on "fits" by overstudy, while away at school.

From What a Young Woman Ought to Know by Wood-Allen, Mary

"He may injure his brain by overstudy; such a precocious scholar!"

From Peggy-Alone by Craig, Anna B.

That daughter is to-day shaking and twitching with St. Vitus's dance, a physical and mental wreck from overstudy, causing nervous exhaustion and despair.

From The Gentleman from Everywhere by Foss, James Henry

It is through their effect upon the nervous system that worry, overstudy, undue excitement, and dissipation cause disturbances of the heart.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

His verses are grotesquely stilted, the obvious conjunction of biliousness and overstudy, and adapted to the taste of an era when the word female was still used as a substantive.

From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher