Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overluminous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-lu-mi-nous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

More luminous than an equivalent star of the main sequence

Etymology

From over- + luminous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overluminous (comparative) most overluminous (superlative)

Questions

What does overluminous mean?
More luminous than an equivalent star of the main sequence
Where does overluminous come from?
From over- + luminous.

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