overgoaded

adj

overgoaded

adj

Etymology From over- + goaded.

1

Goaded too far.

  • Endurance, over-goaded, stretched the hand of fraternity to sedition; the throes of a sort of moral earthquake were felt heaving under the hills of the northern counties.1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The Waggons”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 39:

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