overbathe
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[edit]overbathe (third-person singular simple present overbathes, present participle overbathing, simple past and past participle overbathed)
- To bathe excessively.
- 2007 February 8, Laurel Naversen Geraghty, “Feeling Parched? Itching Like Crazy? It Must Be Winter”, in New York Times[1]:
- You have a combination of exceptionally dry, cold air — which indoor heating makes even drier — overbathing and use of harsh soaps,” which can strip the skin of its moisture, he said.
- 2015, Kathy Reichs, Fatal Voyage, page 49:
- Like rape victims, those who clean up after mass fatalities often overbathe, driven by a need to purge mind and body.