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over-canvassed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
over--can-vassed
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a sailing boat (dinghy, yacht or sailing ship): carrying too much sail for the current wind conditions.

Etymology

From over- + canvassed.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more over-canvassed (comparative) most over-canvassed (superlative)

Questions

What does over-canvassed mean?
Of a sailing boat (dinghy, yacht or sailing ship): carrying too much sail for the current wind conditions.
Where does over-canvassed come from?
From over- + canvassed.

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