Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overcareful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-care-ful
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively careful.

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- English careful English overcareful From over- + careful.

Inflected Forms

more overcareful (comparative) most overcareful (superlative)

Derived Forms

overcarefully overcarefulness

Synonyms

too-careful

Questions

What does overcareful mean?: Excessively careful.
Where does overcareful 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- English careful English overcareful From over- + careful.

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