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overdrink

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-drink
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To drink to excess.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English *overdrinken (attested only as a noun overdrink (“excessive drinking”)), from Old English oferdrincan (“to overdrink”), equivalent to over- + drink. Compare German übertrinken (“to overdrink”), Swedish överdrycka (“to overdrink”), Old English oferdrynċ (“excessive drinking, drunkenness”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

overdrinks (present, singular) overdrinking (participle, present) overdrank (past) overdrunk (participle, past)

Frequently Paired Words

overdrunken

Questions

What does overdrink mean?
To drink to excess.
Where does overdrink come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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