Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overambitious

/ˈoʊvɚæmbˌɪʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: over-am-bi-tious
IPA: /ˈoʊvɚæmbˌɪʃəs/

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively ambitious.

Example Sentences

"The Hyperwebster is an overambitious work that provides a complete list of all words in the form of every possible combination of letters of any finite length."

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 ambitious English overambitious From over- + ambitious.

Derived Forms

overambitiously overambitiousness

Frequently Paired Words

overambition

Questions

How do you pronounce overambitious?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊvɚæmbˌɪʃəs/.
What does overambitious mean?: Excessively ambitious.
Where does overambitious 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 ambitious English overambitious From over- + ambitious.

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