English edit

Etymology edit

over- +‎ battered

Adjective edit

overbattered (comparative more overbattered, superlative most overbattered)

  1. (cooking) Coated in too much batter.
    • 2015 October 27, Pete Wells, “O Ya Riffs on Sushi and Sashimi in Kips Bay”, in New York Times[1]:
      The squid-ink foam and yuzu kosho aioli may get along well with a fried oyster sitting on a drum of rice rolled in nori, but the oyster was so overbattered and overcooked I couldn’t tell.