Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overfamiliar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-fa-mil-iar
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying.

adj

So acquainted with something, that one doesn't notice it, or is annoyed by it.

adj

Overly friendly or intimate.

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 familiar English overfamiliar From over- + familiar.

Inflected Forms

more overfamiliar (comparative) most overfamiliar (superlative)

Derived Forms

overfamiliarly

Questions

What does overfamiliar mean?: Common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying.
Where does overfamiliar 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 familiar English overfamiliar From over- + familiar.

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