Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overscaled

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-scaled
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Oversized; larger than the proper scale

Example Sentences

"There are several obligatory postmodernist quirks, such as the wildly overscaled sculptural excrescences at the roof line."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English scaled English overscaled From over- + scaled.

Inflected Forms

more overscaled (comparative) most overscaled (superlative)

Synonyms

overscale

Questions

What does overscaled mean?: Oversized; larger than the proper scale
Where does overscaled come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English scaled English overscaled From over- + scaled.

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