overstrenuous
adjEtymology From over- + strenuous.
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Excessively strenuous.
- Among the story’s other overstrenuous tips for masking the flavor of eggs were poached eggs topped with a hops-scented béchamel, President Taft’s campfire omelet (fried trout, salt and pepper) and the Colony Club’s “Eggs Suffragette,” a twist on deviled eggs that incorporated anchovies (the dish, however, didn’t hasten women’s suffrage).2007 September 23, Amanda Hesser, “1909: Eggs Eli”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- overstrenuously, overstrenuousness