OVERREFINEMENT

Meaning of OVERREFINEMENT in English

/oh"veuhr ri fuyn"meuhnt/ , n.

excessive or unnecessary refinement.

[ 1705-15; OVER- + REFINEMENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

OVERREFINEMENT — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : excessive refinement
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVERREFINEMENT — (n.) Excessive refinement.
Английский словарь Webster
OVERREFINEMENT — ( n. ) Excessive refinement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OVERREFINEMENT — n. excess of refinement; excessive delicacy; excessive improvement of small details
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OVERREFINEMENT — noun excessive refinement.
Webster English vocab
OVERREFINEMENT — чрезмерная утонченность
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OVERREFINEMENT — n чрезмерная утончённость
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OVERREFINEMENT — (n) чрезмерная утонченность
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OVERREFINEMENT — n чрезмерная утончённость
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OVERREFINEMENT — n чрезмерная утончённость
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OVERREFINEMENT — чрезмерная утонченность
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIREDRAW — transitive verb Date: 1598 to draw or stretch forcibly ; elongate , to draw or spin out to great length, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TORTURE — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus, past participle of torquēre to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EFFEMINATE — I. adjective see: feminine Date: 15th century having feminine qualities untypical of a man ; not manly in appearance or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TORTURE — I. ˈtȯrchər, -ȯ(ə)chə(r noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Late Latin tortura act of twisting, torture, from Latin tortus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DELICACY — I. ˈdelə̇kəsē, -lēk-, -si noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English delicacie, from delicat delicate + -cie -cy 1. obsolete …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIREDRAW — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: back-formation from wiredrawer 1. a. : to draw or stretch forcibly : elongate , distort , …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIMPLICITY — simˈplisəd.ē, -sətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English simplicite, from Middle French, from Latin simplicitat-, simplicitas, from simplic-, …
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EVAPORATE — ə̇ˈvapəˌrāt, ēˈ-, usu -ād.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English evaporaten, from Latin evaporatus, past participle of evaporare, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ETIOLATION — ˌēd.ēəˈlāshən noun ( -s ) 1. : the act, process, or result of growing a plant in darkness : the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EFFETE — ə̇ˈfēt, eˈ- adjective Etymology: Latin effetus, from ex- + fetus pregnant, breeding, fruitful — more at feminine 1. : exhausted …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALEMBICATION — əˌlembə̇ˈkāshən noun ( -s ) 1. : the action of alembicating or the state of being alembicated : distillation the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRECIOSITY — n. meticulousness, stringency; affectedness, overrefinement; excessive fastidiousness, extreme fussiness
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TORTURE — I. ˈtȯr-chər noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus, past participle of torquēre …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EFFEMINATE — I. -nət adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin effeminatus, from past participle of effeminare to make effeminate, from ex- + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIREDRAW — transitive verb Date: 1598 1. : to draw or stretch forcibly : elongate 2. : to draw or spin out …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIREDRAW — [wire.draw] vt (1598) 1: to draw or stretch forcibly: elongate 2: to draw or spin out to great length, tenuity, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TORTURE — [tor.ture] n [F, fr. LL tortura, fr. L tortus, pp. of torquere to twist; prob. akin to OHG drahsil turner, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EFFEMINATE — [ef.fem.i.nate] adj [ME, fr. L effeminatus, fr. pp. of effeminare to make effeminate, fr. ex- + femina woman--more at feminine] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRECIOSITY — n. overrefinement in art or language, esp. in the choice of words. [OF pr÷ciosit÷ f. L pretiositas f. pretiosus (as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRECIOSITY — n. overrefinement in art or language, esp. in the choice of words. [ OF préciosité f. L pretiositas f. pretiosus …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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