overmoody
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Then spake the overmoody King, that erst was brightest of angels, […]"
- ""Whenever you get lonely over there by yourself and find that Hamlet isn't as lively a companion as you want, or that Alexander the Great is a little too fond of himself, or Napoleon is overmoody, come over here, and we'll try to cheer each other up.""
- "Until we truly comprehend the fundamental differences in psychic mechanisms between the jolly, outgoing, sociable child and the acutely reticent, overmoody one, we can't help them educationally to fulfill their own potentialities or […]"
Etymology
From Middle English overmodi, ofermodiȝ, from Old English ofermōdiġ (“haughty, proud, arrogant”), from ofermōd (“arrogance, pride”) + -iġ. Equivalent to over- + mood + -y.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: overmodi, ofermōdiġ
Usage
Inflected Forms
more overmoody (comparative)
most overmoody (superlative)