Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overnice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overnice \O"ver*nice"\, a.
Excessively nice; fastidious. --Bp. Hall. -- {O"ver*nice"ly},
adv. -- {O"ver*nice"ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overnice
adj : excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about
his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he
would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
[syn: {dainty}, {nice}, {prissy}, {squeamish}]
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