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overgrievous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-grievous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively grievous.

Etymology

From Middle English ovyr-grevous; equivalent to over- + grievous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overgrievous (comparative) most overgrievous (superlative)

Questions

What does overgrievous mean?
Excessively grievous.
Where does overgrievous come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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