Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overmedicate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-med-i-cate
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To medicate excessively

Example Sentences

""I thought the people we'd be arguing with are the people who believe psychiatric illness doesn't exist" or those who believe children are being overmedicated, he said."

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- Latin medicō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English medicate English overmedicate From over- + medicate.

Inflected Forms

overmedicates (present, singular) overmedicating (participle, present) overmedicated (participle, past) overmedicated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

overdiagnose overprescribe overtreat

Questions

What does overmedicate mean?: To medicate excessively
Where does overmedicate 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- Latin medicō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English medicate English overmedicate From over- + medicate.

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