o·ver·stud·y

[v. oh-ver-stuhd-ee; n. oh-ver-stuhd-ee] verb, o·ver·stud·ied, o·ver·stud·y·ing, noun
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to study too much or too hard (sometimes used reflexively): to overstudy a letter for hidden meanings; to overstudy to the point of exhaustion; to overstudy oneself and forget half of what has been read.
noun
2.
excessive study.

Origin:
1635–45; over- + study

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Main Entry:  overstudy
Part of Speech:  v, n
Definition:  to study too much or too hard
Example:  He overstudied and was so exhausted that he could not remember anything when he took the test.
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Overstudy is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example sentences
On account of overstudy and close confine- ment his health failed him.
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