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overanxious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
over-anx-ious
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively anxious or nervous.

Example Sentences

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- Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious English overanxious From over- + anxious.

Inflected Forms

more overanxious (comparative) most overanxious (superlative) over-anxious (alternative)

Derived Forms

overanxiously

Frequently Paired Words

overanxiety overanxiousness

Questions

What does overanxious mean?
Excessively anxious or nervous.
Where does overanxious 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- Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious English overanxious From over- + anxious.

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