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overgrown

/ˌoʊvɚɡɹˈoʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
over-grown
IPA
/ˌoʊvɚɡɹˈoʊn/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.

adj

Having grown bigger without developing maturity or changing character.

Derogatory

verb

past participle of overgrow

Example Sentences

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 grown English overgrown From over- + grown.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more overgrown (comparative) most overgrown (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonovergrown overgrownness

Rhymes With

own known phone well-known alone shown stone zone loan grown unknown tone

Questions

How do you pronounce overgrown?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌoʊvɚɡɹˈoʊn/.
What does overgrown mean?
Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
Where does overgrown 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 grown English overgrown From over- + grown.

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