overliness

English

Etymology

overly +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)lɪnəs/

Noun

overliness (uncountable)

(obsolete) The quality or state of being overly; carelessness.
- 1610, Joseph Hall, A Common Apology against the Brownists
  Would God overliness and contempt were not yours.

Anagrams

novelisers, slovenries

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