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Word: overstrung (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...last week offered corrections to the popular notion about laughter, its causes and significance. "The really happy man," he said, "never laughs-or seldom-though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension-and the happy are not overstrung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Laughter | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

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