Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overillustration

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-il-lus-tra-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive illustration.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There is no rule limiting the number of illustrations that may be used in a publication of the Geological Survey, but in selecting illustrations for a report an author may easily fall into the error of overillustration."

Etymology

From over- + illustration.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does overillustration mean?: Excessive illustration.
Where does overillustration come from?: From over- + illustration.

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