Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-ish
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Qualmish; weak; alarmed; nervous.

British usage

Etymology

From over + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more overish (comparative) most overish (superlative)

Phrases

all-overish

Questions

What does overish mean?
Qualmish; weak; alarmed; nervous.
Where does overish come from?
From over + -ish.

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