Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
OVERITIOUS, adj. Intolerable, excessive (Rxb. 1825 Jam.); headstrong, violent, impetuous (Abd. Id.).
[A conflation in form and meaning of over and avaricious.]
