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Definition of Overweak
1. a. Too weak; too feeble.
Definition of Overweak
1. Adjective. Excessively weak; too feeble. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overweak
1. too weak [adj] - See also: weak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overweak
Literary usage of Overweak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, Arthur Richard Shilleto (1896)
"That is, that it be done to such a one as may endure it, or to whom it may belong,
that he be of a competent age, not too young, nor too old, overweak, fat, ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"That is, that it be done to such a one as may endure it, or to whom it may belong,
that he be of a competent age, not too young, nor too old, overweak, fat, ..."
3. Poems by Brian Hooker (1915)
"As a sick woman from the house of death But newly ransomed, overweak to care For
life renewed and love made warm again, Faints slowly back to ..."
4. Poems by Brian Hooker (1915)
"As a sick woman from the house of death But newly ransomed, overweak to care For
life renewed and love made warm again, Faints slowly back to life with each ..."
5. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Walter Raleigh, William Oldys, Thomas Birch (1829)
"were overweak to manage the least; what wonders did his fearful breach of faith
bring forth, other than the king his brother's jealousy and distrust, ..."
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