overcarking

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ carking.

Adjective

overcarking (comparative more overcarking, superlative most overcarking)

  1. (archaic) Too anxious; expressing or taking too much care.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; [], London: [] Iohn Williams [], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
      being solicitously overcarking for the future

Verb

overcarking

  1. present participle and gerund of overcark

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