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Definition of Overdecorate
1. [v -RATED, -RATING, -RATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdecorate
Literary usage of Overdecorate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"Tendency to overdecorate. D. Ribbons or lingerie braid. 1. Wash ribbons preferable.
2. Colors if used should be dainty; white preferable. VI. Design. ..."
2. Vagabonding Through Changing Germanyby Harry Alverson Franck by Harry Alverson Franck (1920)
"... NOT ALWAYS SAVAGE OF FACE 181 THE GERMAN'S ARTISTIC SENSE LEADS HIM TO
overdecorate EVEN HIS MERRY-GO-ROUNDS l8l A POLISH WOMAN OF THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS ..."
3. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1919)
"Negligence in dress, or a tendency to overdress and overdecorate, •when contrary
to the normal habits of the individual, are indicative of a change in the ..."
4. The Principles of Advertising: A Text Book by Harry Tipper (1920)
"It should be remembered, however, that not all things new are decorative, nor is
it desirable to overdecorate anything, even the page on which type is the ..."
5. Municipal Affairs by Reform Club (New York, N.Y.) (1899)
"On the other hand, care must be taken not to overdecorate. Many pictures in close
proximity distract attention. The Japanese connoisseur gives us a hint ..."
6. Vocational Printing by Ralph W. Polk (1918)
"It is much easier to overdecorate a piece of printing than it is to get it too
plain. The father of printing—Gutenburg—over four hundred years ago, ..."
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