overcaffeinate
English edit
Etymology edit
over- + caffeinate
Verb edit
overcaffeinate (third-person singular simple present overcaffeinates, present participle overcaffeinating, simple past and past participle overcaffeinated)
- To imbibe or cause to imbibe too much caffeine.
- 2003, Vicki Iovine, The Girlfriends' Guide to Parties and Playdates, →ISBN:
- Jimmy, my husband, swears I always overcaffeinate the morning of a child's party.
- 2004, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Hotel Babylon, page 76:
- So the waiters used to deliberately overcaffeinate him.
- 2016, Fortune's Special Delivery, →ISBN, page 36:
- It probably hadn't been the best idea to overcaffeinate before this conversation.
- 2017, Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat, →ISBN:
- I have seen people seriously overcaffeinate, as your tolerance will be less than when you are eating regular meals.