Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overmany

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-many
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Too many.

adj

Too many.

Example Sentences

"Have we not God hys wrath, for Goddes wrath, and a thousand of the same stampe, wherein the corrupte orthography in the most hath been the sole or principal cause of corrupte prosodye in overmany?"
"“Now, nominations for the council – but not over-many,” the Chancellor moved."
"Three or four men noticed my condition; and, evidently setting it down to the results of over many pegs, charitably endeavoured to draw me apart from the rest of the loungers."

Etymology

From Middle English over-many, overmany, ovyrmany; equivalent to over- + many. Compare overmuch.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over
Root: over-many

Questions

What does overmany mean?: Too many.
Where does overmany come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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