Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overclad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-clad
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wearing more clothing than is necessary.

verb

To cover the surface of, as if with clothing.

Transitive verb

verb

To cover with insulation or cladding.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Some of the children also are blackened, and none are overclad."
"Although that, in the days of Solomon, this mountain was overclad with forests of cedars, yet now there are but only these, and, nine miles westward thence, seventeen more."

Etymology

From over- + clad.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

more overclad (comparative) most overclad (superlative) overclads (present, singular) overcladding (participle, present) overcladded (participle, past) overcladded (past)

Questions

What does overclad mean?: Wearing more clothing than is necessary.
Where does overclad come from?: From over- + clad.

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