Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overblind

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: overblind
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively blind.

Example Sentences

"Twice it has required military miracles to save them. Twice an overblind trust has all but ruined them. It would be unpardonable to ignore the repeated lessons of history."

Etymology

From over- + blind.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overblind (comparative) most overblind (superlative)

Questions

What does overblind mean?: Excessively blind.
Where does overblind come from?: From over- + blind.

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