overdress
English
verb
Definitions
- To wear too many clothes for a particular occasion.
- To wear clothing which is too elaborate or formal for a particular occasion.
Etymology
Prefix from English dress.
Origin
English
dress
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- battledress English
- coatdress English
- cross-dress English
- dress English
- dressable English
- dresscoat English
- dressest English
- dresseth English
- dressful English
- dressing English
- dressish English
- dressless English
- dresslike English
- dressmaker English
- dressmaking English
- dresswear English
- dressy English
- hairdress English
- hairdresser English
- headdress English
- housedress English
- microdress English
- mididress English
- minidress English
- nightdress English
- outdress English
- overdresser English
- shirtdress English
- slipdress English
- sundress English
- underdress English
- undress English
- dress Norwegian Bokmål
- dres Polish
- dress Norwegian Nynorsk
- dressen Middle English
- dres Serbo-Croatian
- дрес Serbo-Croatian
- 드레스 Korean
- dres Slovene
- Dress Pennsylvania German
- dhirezi Shona
- dress
- dressy
- undress
- dressish
- sundress
- dresseth
- dressing
- dressful
- dressest
- outdress
- dresswear
- dresscoat
- dressable
- dresslike
- slipdress
- hairdress
- coatdress
- minidress
- headdress
- mididress
- dressless
- nightdress
- dressmaker
- housedress
- shirtdress
- microdress
- underdress
- cross-dress
- overdresser
- battledress
- hairdresser
- dressmaking