Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overparticular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-par-tic-u-lar
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively picky or fastidious.

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 particular English overparticular From over- + particular.

Inflected Forms

more overparticular (comparative) most overparticular (superlative)

Rhymes With

particular perpendicular curricular vehicular extracurricular testicular ventricular follicular articular lenticular funicular reticular

Questions

What does overparticular mean?: Excessively picky or fastidious.
Where does overparticular 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 particular English overparticular From over- + particular.

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