Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overmerry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-mer-ry
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively merry.

Example Sentences

"I'll in to counsel them; haply my presence May well abate the over-merry spleen,"
"It would never do to turn up overmerry, plus the fact that he was expected to make a speech on this ghastly occasion."

Etymology

From over- + merry.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overmerry (comparative) most overmerry (superlative)

Questions

What does overmerry mean?: Excessively merry.
Where does overmerry come from?: From over- + merry.

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