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Definition of Overneat
1. a. Excessively neat.
Definition of Overneat
1. Adjective. Excessively neat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overneat
1. too neat [adj] - See also: neat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overneat
Literary usage of Overneat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Men who Made the Nation: An Outline of United States History from 1760 by Edwin Erle Sparks (1901)
"They also abandoned their swords for Franklin canes, and copied the plain and
not overneat attire of the "colonial Quaker." Franklin dolls appeared ..."
2. Home and Community Hygiene: A Text-book of Personal and Public Health by Jean Broadhurst (1918)
"... as they decrease the window ventilation of the overneat housewife, and decrease
the actual amount of sunlight that can penetrate the atmosphere. ..."