overmerit

English

Etymology

over- +‎ merit

Noun

overmerit (plural not attested)

Excessive merit.
- 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
- an overmerit ; for convenient merit , unto which reward may easily reach

References

overmerit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

overtimer

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