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overemphatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
overem-phat-ic
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation

Etymology

From over- + emphatic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overemphatic (comparative) most overemphatic (superlative)

Derived Forms

overemphatically

Frequently Paired Words

overemphasis

Questions

What does overemphatic mean?
Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation
Where does overemphatic come from?
From over- + emphatic.

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