Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overknowing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-know-ing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively knowing or cunning.

Example Sentences

"Odds me! how wise the child is! what a loss And pity 'tis that in old times the folk Were not so thoughtful and so over-knowing!"

Etymology

From over- + knowing.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overknowing (comparative) most overknowing (superlative)

Questions

What does overknowing mean?: Excessively knowing or cunning.
Where does overknowing come from?: From over- + knowing.

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