overexquisite
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Excessively exquisite; too exact or careful.
Example Sentences
- "‘Be not overexquisite/To cast the fashion of uncertain evils.'""
- "Nevertheless, in times like these it does not do to be overexquisite in emphasizing defects of system or crudities of theology."
- "If his humour does not often compel to Olympian laughter, it is, on the other hand, never studied nor overexquisite, nor strained for effect."
Etymology
From over- + exquisite.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over
Inflected Forms
more overexquisite (comparative)
most overexquisite (superlative)