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overfond

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-fond
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively fond.

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 fond English overfond From over- + fond.

Inflected Forms

more overfond (comparative) most overfond (superlative) over-fond (alternative)

Derived Forms

overfondly overfondness

Questions

What does overfond mean?
Excessively fond.
Where does overfond 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 fond English overfond From over- + fond.

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