Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overadored

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-adored
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Given too much adoration.

Example Sentences

"His childhood is spent — the old housekeeper tells me this — in the shadow of an overadored elder sister, who later dies suddenly of meningitis."

Etymology

From over- + adored.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overadored (comparative) most overadored (superlative)

Questions

What does overadored mean?: Given too much adoration.
Where does overadored come from?: From over- + adored.

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