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overlegislate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-leg-is-late
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To create more rules than is necessary or sensible.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English legislate English overlegislate From over- + legislate.

Inflected Forms

overlegislates (present, singular) overlegislating (participle, present) overlegislated (participle, past) overlegislated (past)

Questions

What does overlegislate mean?
To create more rules than is necessary or sensible.
Where does overlegislate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English legislate English overlegislate From over- + legislate.

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