overness
nounEtymology From over + -ness.
1
The quality of being over (finished, elapsed, concluded).
- I do not suppose, however, that those who think that the overness of some experience or segment thereof is incompatible with maximal fullness of life would be bothered by such overness.2001, Gregory E. Ganssle, God & Time: Four Views, page 73:
- Brownies in the Philippines illustrates American anxieties regarding the "overness" of the supposedly — and, more important, successfully — concluded Philippine-American war.2005, Sharon Delmendo, The Star-Entangled Banner:
2
The quality of being over (above or excessive).
- On what do this underness and overness of supply depend?1875, John Ruskin, Arrows of the Chace: Volume II:
- Related terms
- all-overness