Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overfed

/ˌoʊvɚfˈɛd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: overfed
IPA: /ˌoʊvɚfˈɛd/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively fed; given too much to eat; having had too much to eat.

verb

simple past and past participle of overfeed

Example Sentences

"He allowed his ‘boy’—an overfed young negro from the coast—to treat the white men, under his very eyes, with provoking insolence."
"Was this stupid system, so cruel, so crushing, and producing at the top such absurd results as flashy, insolent autos and silly palaces and overfed, overdressed women, and dogs in jeweled collars, and babies of wealth brought up by low menials—was this system really the best?"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English fed English overfed From over- + fed.

Inflected Forms

more overfed (comparative) most overfed (superlative)

Rhymes With

said read head red instead lead dead led bed ahead spread ed

Questions

How do you pronounce overfed?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌoʊvɚfˈɛd/.
What does overfed mean?: Excessively fed; given too much to eat; having had too much to eat.
Where does overfed come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English fed English overfed From over- + fed.

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