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overearnest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
overearnest
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively earnest

Example Sentences

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 earnest English overearnest From over- + earnest.

Derived Forms

overearnestly overearnestness

Questions

What does overearnest mean?
Excessively earnest
Where does overearnest 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 earnest English overearnest From over- + earnest.

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