[f. Gr. ἐπίτονος on the stretch, f. ἐπιτείνειν to put a strain upon, f. ἐπί upon + τείνειν to stretch + -IC.] Overstrained.
1879. G. Meredith, Egoist, II. xi. 246. The rule holds to abstain … from the epitonic, the overstrained.
[f. Gr. ἐπίτονος on the stretch, f. ἐπιτείνειν to put a strain upon, f. ἐπί upon + τείνειν to stretch + -IC.] Overstrained.
1879. G. Meredith, Egoist, II. xi. 246. The rule holds to abstain … from the epitonic, the overstrained.
