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overgild

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
overgild
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover with gilding.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English overgilden, from Old English ofergyldan (“to encase, overlay, or adorn with gold”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *gulþijaną (“to deck with gold”), equivalent to over- + gild. Cognate with German übergülden, übergolden (“to overgild”).

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Inflected Forms

overgilds (present, singular) overgilding (participle, present) overgilded (participle, past) overgilded (past) overgilt (participle, past) overgilt (past)

Questions

What does overgild mean?
To cover with gilding.
Where does overgild come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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