Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overpungent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-pun-gent
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From over- + pungent.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overpungent (comparative) most overpungent (superlative)

Questions

What does overpungent mean?
Excessively pungent.
Where does overpungent come from?
From over- + pungent.

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