overness
English
Etymology
From over + -ness.
Noun
overness (uncountable)
- The quality of being over (finished, elapsed, concluded).
- 2001, Gregory E. Ganssle, God & Time: Four Views (page 73):
- I do not suppose, however, that those who think that the overness of some experience or segment thereof is incompatible with maximal fullness of life would be bothered by such overness.
- 2005, Sharon Delmendo, The Star-Entangled Banner:
- Brownies in the Philippines illustrates American anxieties regarding the "overness" of the supposedly — and, more important, successfully — concluded Philippine-American war.
- 2001, Gregory E. Ganssle, God & Time: Four Views (page 73):
- The quality of being over (above or excessive).
- 1875, John Ruskin, Arrows of the Chace: Volume II:
- On what do this underness and overness of supply depend?
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Anagrams
- Eversons, Severson