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overgilded

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
overgild-ed
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Gilded on top.

adj

Excessively gilded, to the point of being gaudy.

Etymology

From over- + gilded.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overgilded (comparative) most overgilded (superlative)

Questions

What does overgilded mean?
Gilded on top.
Where does overgilded come from?
From over- + gilded.

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