oversubtle

adjective

over·​sub·​tle ˌō-vər-ˈsə-tᵊl 

: excessively subtle

oversubtle symbolism

Homer's Iliad was not mere "humanized sun myths," as the oversubtle German scholars were then insisting.

—Daniel J. Boorstin

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above