overeagerness

[English over, and eager ne .] The quality or state of being overeager; exce ive eagerne . ō-ver-ear-něst, a . [English over , and earnest.] Too earnest, ill-humored, severe. "You are overearnest with your Brutus." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar , iv. 3. ō-ver-ear-něst-lý, adv . [Eng. over , and earnestly.] Too earnestly; with too great earnestne . ō-ver-ear-něst-ne , s . [Eng. over , and ear nestne .] The quality or state of being overearnest; exce ive earnestne or zeal. ō-ver-eat', v. t. & i. [Eng. over, and eat.] A. Transitive: *1. To eat or gnaw all over. 2. To surfeit with eating. (With a reflexive pronoun; as, to overeat one's self.) B. In trans.: To eat to exce . *ō-ver-ěmp'-tỹ, v . t . [Eng. over , and empty, v.] To make too empty. "Which might over empty their husbands' purses."Carew: Survey of Cornwall. *ō-ver-ěn-rich', v . t . [Eng. over , and enrich , v.] To make wealthy to exce . (J. S. Mill , in Annan dale .)