Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overemotional

/oʊvəɹiˈmoʊʃənəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
over-e-mo-tion-al
IPA
/oʊvəɹiˈmoʊʃənəl/
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Showing too much emotion.

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- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional English overemotional From over- + emotional.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /oʊvəɹiˈmoʊʃənəl/
  • British English: /əʊvəɹɪˈməʊʃənəl/

Inflected Forms

more overemotional (comparative) most overemotional (superlative)

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Questions

How do you pronounce overemotional?
The recorded pronunciation is /oʊvəɹiˈmoʊʃənəl/.
What does overemotional mean?
Showing too much emotion.
Where does overemotional 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- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional English overemotional From over- + emotional.

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