Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overswollen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-swollen
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively swollen or puffed up.

Example Sentences

"He's scornful of her big, overswollen ego and her big overswollen movie ideas. But he'll scavenge off her leavings."

Etymology

From over- + swollen.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overswollen (comparative) most overswollen (superlative)

Questions

What does overswollen mean?: Excessively swollen or puffed up.
Where does overswollen come from?: From over- + swollen.

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