Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overcaffeinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-caf-feinate
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To imbibe or cause to imbibe too much caffeine.

verb

To add an excessive amount of caffeine to something.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Jimmy, my husband, swears I always overcaffeinate the morning of a child's party."
"So the waiters used to deliberately overcaffeinate him."
"It probably hadn't been the best idea to overcaffeinate before this conversation."
"I have seen people seriously overcaffeinate, as your tolerance will be less than when you are eating regular meals."

Etymology

From over- + caffeinate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

overcaffeinates (present, singular) overcaffeinating (participle, present) overcaffeinated (participle, past) overcaffeinated (past)

Questions

What does overcaffeinate mean?: To imbibe or cause to imbibe too much caffeine.
Where does overcaffeinate come from?: From over- + caffeinate.

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