Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overshort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-short
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively short.

Etymology

From over- + short.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overshort (comparative) most overshort (superlative)

Questions

What does overshort mean?
Excessively short.
Where does overshort come from?
From over- + short.

How to pronounce overshort

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