Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overjoyous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-joy-ous
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely happy or celebratory; overjoyed.

Example Sentences

"Now and then a note from the bugle of some overjoyous youths as he entered the forest, brought a frown upon the brow of old Congo."
"Sir John when he heard it was over-joyous."
"I, Aurora Leigh, was born To make my father sadder, and myself Not overjoyous, truly."
"Sometimes there was a celebration. One or two members of the little community were inclined to become a trifle over joyous too often for their health."

Etymology

From over- + joyous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overjoyous (comparative) most overjoyous (superlative) over-joyous (alternative) over joyous (alternative)

Questions

What does overjoyous mean?: Extremely happy or celebratory; overjoyed.
Where does overjoyous come from?: From over- + joyous.

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