Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overthoughtful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-thought-ful
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Too thoughtful or pensive.

Etymology

From Middle English overthoughtful, over thouʒtful, equivalent to over- + thoughtful.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overthoughtful (comparative) most overthoughtful (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does overthoughtful mean?
Too thoughtful or pensive.
Where does overthoughtful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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