Definition of Overstudy

1. Verb. To study excessively ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overstudy

1. [v -DIED, -DYING, -DIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstudy

overstrides
overstriding
overstrike
overstrikes
overstrode
overstrow
overstrowed
overstrowing
overstrown
overstrows
overstructured
overstrung
overstudied
overstudies
overstudious
overstudy (current term)
overstudying
overstuff
overstuffed
overstuffed chair
overstuffing
overstuffs
overstyled
oversubscribe
oversubscribed
oversubscribes
oversubscribing
oversubscription
oversubsidize
oversubsidized

Literary usage of Overstudy

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

1. What Shall Our Boys Do for a Living ? by Charles Frederick Wingate (1898)
"Health a Boy's Chief Capital—Value of Staying-Powers— Smoking and Drinking — Danger of overstudy — Work Performed by Semi-Invalids — Unwholesome ..."

2. Annals of Educational Progress by John Palmer Garber (1913)
"overstudy and the Tension of Modern Life. • When the school work is clearly understood and the interest of the pupil is keen, a great amount of studying can ..."

3. The School World (1905)
"The first- named class of examination frequently leads to overstudy and overstrain on the part of the pupil ; the second is merely a written exercise, ..."

4. Annals of Educational Progress in 1910- [v. 1-: A Report Upon Current by John Palmer Garber (1913)
"overstudy and the Tension of Modern Life. When the school work is clearly understood and the interest of the pupil is keen, a great amount of studying can ..."

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