Definition of Overglad

1. a. Excessively or unduly glad.

Definition of Overglad

1. Adjective. Excessively or unduly glad. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overglad

1. too glad [adj] - See also: glad

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overglad

overget
overgets
overgild
overgilded
overgilding
overgilds
overgilt
overgird
overgirded
overgirding
overgirds
overgirt
overgive
overgiven
overgives
overglad (current term)
overglamorize
overglamorized
overglamorizes
overglamorizing
overglance
overglanced
overglances
overglancing
overglaze
overglazed
overglazes
overglazing
overglide
overglided

Literary usage of Overglad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Works of John Keats by John Keats, Harry Buxton Forman (1900)
"... (2) Perhaps ye are too glad, too overglad. 825. The draft reads ' Into the long hours', so as to avoid the necessity for scanning hours as a ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1895)
"... write of him that— * * * He wise, and wight, and worthy was, Was never overglad for no winning, ..."

3. Twelve Great Actors by Edward Robins (1900)
"She was not overglad to depart from the scene of so much glory. " I feel," she said pathetic ally, " as if I were mounting the first steps of a ladder ..."

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