Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overambition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-am-bi-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being overambitious.

Uncountable

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- Latin ambitiōder. Old French ambitionbor. Middle English ambicioun English ambition English overambition From over- + ambition.

Usage

Questions

What does overambition mean?
The quality of being overambitious.
Where does overambition 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- Latin ambitiōder. Old French ambitionbor. Middle English ambicioun English ambition English overambition From over- + ambition.

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