Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oversour

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-sour
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Overly or excessively sour; too sour.

verb

To become too sour.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Let milk become oversour and observe odors of decomposition."
"On warm days the milk might oversour, while on cooler days it would be found comparatively sweet unless a good deal of attention was given to keeping the temperature where it would sour in the proper length of time."

Etymology

From Middle English oversour, equivalent to over- + sour.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: oversour

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

more oversour (comparative) most oversour (superlative) oversours (present, singular) oversouring (participle, present) oversoured (participle, past) oversoured (past)

Questions

What does oversour mean?: Overly or excessively sour; too sour.
Where does oversour come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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