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Definition of Overlate
1. a. Too late; exceedingly late.
Definition of Overlate
1. Adjective. Too late; exceedingly late. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overlate
1. too late [adj] - See also: late
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlate
Literary usage of Overlate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"This doubtless refers to the egg-birds as well as to the cahow, but it was "overlate,"
like the former law, for before that time the ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"... wench, an apple may hang too long on the bough—your bravery may be put on to
catch the eye when it is overlate—" "I pray you, good grandmother, ..."
3. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"Slumbering profoundly and overlate, it was nine o'clock, next morning, before we
were in the saddle. Our course seemed to turn and double on itself, ..."
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