Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overjealous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-jeal-ous
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively jealous.

adj

Misspelling of overzealous.

Etymology

From Middle English overgelous, equivalent to over- + jealous.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over
Root: overgelous

Inflected Forms

more overjealous (comparative) most overjealous (superlative)

Synonyms

jealous green-eyed

Questions

What does overjealous mean?: Excessively jealous.
Where does overjealous come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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