overbuttered
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
verb
simple past and past participle of overbutter
Example Sentences
- "[A] visitor on the other side of the high chain-link fence asked how they liked the prison's food service, which was taken over by a private contractor 10 months ago. "It tastes good, except for the string beans, which were overbuttered," one man said, adding: "Look at me -- I'm 11 pounds overweight.""
- ""This is Lord's," notes Bob Miller, as [Ben] Stokes is handed the ball and bowls a maiden. "You can't avoid discussing the male members." And to be fair those one often look like overbuttered croissants."
- "[T]he thin, wiry spaghetti cacio e pepe is lovely, a smidge overbuttered but tossed with a properly stinging, fragrant shot of pepper and pungent cheese, […]"
Etymology
From over- + buttered.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over
Inflected Forms
more overbuttered (comparative)
most overbuttered (superlative)