overlight

== English == === Etymology 1 === From over- +‎ light. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈlaɪt/ Hyphenation: o‧ver‧light ==== Verb ==== overlight (third-person singular simple present overlights, present participle overlighting, simple past and past participle overlit or overlighted) (transitive) To illuminate too brightly. (transitive) To illuminate from above. === Etymology 2 === From over- +‎ light. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌlaɪt/ ==== Noun ==== overlight (countable and uncountable, plural overlights) excessive light === Etymology 3 === From Middle English over-lyght, equivalent to over- +‎ light. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈlaɪt/ ==== Adjective ==== overlight (comparative more overlight, superlative most overlight) (dated) Too light or frivolous; giddy. 1654, Thomas Raynalde, The Birth of Mankind (Fourth Edition) (page 153) Also that they be not overlight and wanton of behaviour. ===== Derived terms ===== overlightly