overmerry

overmerry

English

Etymology

over- +‎ merry

Adjective

overmerry (comparative more overmerry, superlative most overmerry)

1. Excessively merry.
   • William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew

     I'll in to counsel them; haply my presence
     May well abate the over-merry spleen,
     Which otherwise would grow into extremes.

   • 2014, Elizabeth Dumpleton, On Looking Back (page 125)

     It would never do to turn up overmerry, plus the fact that he was expected to make a speech on this ghastly occasion.