Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

over-polite

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
over-po-lite
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively polite.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From over- + polite.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does over-polite mean?
Excessively polite.
Where does over-polite come from?
From over- + polite.

How to pronounce over-polite

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