Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overrude

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-rude
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Too rude; more rude than necessary or desirable.

Example Sentences

"His effect upon them all was very much that of a boisterous, not overrude, autumn wind, sweeping out cobwebs, and, for the time, freshening the morbid air..."

Etymology

From over- + rude.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overrude (comparative) most overrude (superlative)

Questions

What does overrude mean?: Too rude; more rude than necessary or desirable.
Where does overrude come from?: From over- + rude.

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