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overcark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-cark
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To overcharge; overburden; harass.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English overcarken, equivalent to over- + cark (“to worry”). More at over-, cark.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

overcarks (present, singular) overcarking (participle, present) overcarked (participle, past) overcarked (past)

Questions

What does overcark mean?
To overcharge; overburden; harass.
Where does overcark come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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