overscented

overscented

English

Verb

overscented

1. simple past tense and past participle of overscent

Adjective

overscented (comparative more overscented, superlative most overscented)

1. Scented excessively.
   • 1868, Shirley Brooks, Sooner or Later, New York: Harper, Chapter 25, p. 142,

     […] he was very ready to go and see her whenever summoned by one of her overscented notes, the odor of which was quite hateful to Mrs. Bulliman.

   • 1946, William Rose and Dorothy Rose (translators), Balzac by Stefan Zweig, New York: Viking, Chapter 7, p. 121,

     She admired Louis Lambert, Le colonel Chabert, Cesar Birotteau, and Eugénie Grandet, but she had a lively distaste for the overscented salon stories such as La femme de trente ans,

   • 2015, Rachel Howzell Hall, Skies of Ash, London: Titan Books, Chapter 18, p. 127,

     “Ladies love Armani,” he said, sauntering toward the interview rooms.

     “Ladies love oxygen, too,” I said, following in his overscented wake.