overfond


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overfond

(ˌəʊvəˈfɒnd)
adj
excessively keen (on)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Adj.1.overfond - excessively fond
loving - feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"
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overfond

[ˌəʊvəˈfɒnd] ADJ he's rather overfond of criticizing peoplele gusta demasiado criticar a la gente
she is not overfond of dogsno le dislocan los perros, no se vuelve loca por los perros
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Tarzan had learned enough about Arab character since he had been in Algeria to know that this was no real motive, for the Arab is never overfond of the companionship of strangers, and especially of French soldiers.
Though never overfond of my late daughter, I had a proper pride about her.
Give him a guinea, and no more.' Well, Miss Lyddy, I reckon, believed what he told her, and she's not overfond o' parting with the money herself--she's not a bad woman at bottom, but she's been brought up under his thumb; so she began fidgeting with her purse, and turned as red as her ribbon.
Though a number praise Ferguson's fashion sense at present, many gave her(https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1100181/sarah-ferguson-news-fergie-criticised-overfond-indiscreet-royal-news-spt)  tons of negative comments  when she just joined the royal family. The Duchess of York was criticized for being "overfond" and "indiscreet."
Edmond, The lover, her devout chagrin doth share; Blanc-mange and absinthe are his penitent fare, Till his pale aspect makes her overfond: So, to preclude fresh sin, he tries rosbif.
Being, like so many college students, not overfond of unnecessary labor, I'm afraid I all too frequently slithered along the easy path to the 4.0.
Each piece offers a glimpse into the headspace of a man overfond of his physique.
In brief, a new national spirit must be cultivated, and it would be strategic to begin with the Canadian children who are overfond of the derisive salutations, "Sheeny!
They are huge and generally are not overfond of human company, which means that Horn has to pick up weapons and battle them time and again.
The story is he wasn't overfond of them after landing on a prickly blackberry bush when he was chucked out of heaven.