Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overargue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-ar-gue
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To argue excessively.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argusder.? Latin arguōder. Old French arguerbor. Middle English arguen English argue English overargue From over- + argue.

Inflected Forms

overargues (present, singular) overarguing (participle, present) overargued (participle, past) overargued (past)

Questions

What does overargue mean?: To argue excessively.
Where does overargue come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argusder.? Latin arguōder. Old French arguerbor. Middle English arguen English argue English overargue From over- + argue.

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