Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overmodest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-mod-est
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively modest.

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 modest English overmodest From over- + modest.

Inflected Forms

more overmodest (comparative) most overmodest (superlative)

Derived Forms

overmodestly

Synonyms

coy demure

Questions

What does overmodest mean?: Excessively modest.
Where does overmodest 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 modest English overmodest From over- + modest.

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