Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oversitting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-sit-ting
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive sitting; too much time spent in a seated position.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] the indigents whose universal complaint seemed to be boils resulting from malnutrition and oversitting."
"Your legs will be long and strong and brown, without the horrible adult deformity of strangled toes or fat-rolled thighs. Your buttocks will be flat and taut, living with muscle and blood, not misshapen by poor eating and oversitting."

Etymology

From over- + sitting.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does oversitting mean?: Excessive sitting; too much time spent in a seated position.
Where does oversitting come from?: From over- + sitting.

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