English edit

Verb edit

overscented

  1. simple past and past participle of overscent

Adjective edit

overscented (comparative more overscented, superlative most overscented)

  1. Scented excessively.
    • 1868, Shirley Brooks, chapter 25, in Sooner or Later[1], New York: Harper, page 142:
      [] he was very ready to go and see her whenever summoned by one of her overscented notes, the odor of which was quite hateful to Mrs. Bulliman.
    • 1946, Stefan Zweig, chapter 7, in William Rose, Dorothy Rose, transl., Balzac[2], New York: Viking, page 121:
      She admired Louis Lambert, Le colonel Chabert, Cesar Birotteau, and Eugénie Grandet, but she had a lively distaste for the overscented salon stories such as La femme de trente ans,
    • 2015, Rachel Howzell Hall, chapter 18, in Skies of Ash,[3], London: Titan Books, page 127:
      “Ladies love Armani,” he said, sauntering toward the interview rooms.
      “Ladies love oxygen, too,” I said, following in his overscented wake.