overpluck

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

English pluck

English overpluck

From over- + pluck.

Verb

overpluck (third-person singular simple present overplucks, present participle overplucking, simple past and past participle overplucked)

1. To pluck something too much, usually one's eyebrows
   • 2009 January 8, Laura Holson, “Working Toward Veronica Lake”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Brows should be sculpted, but not severe (no overplucking), with a high arch.