Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overpeople

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-peo-ple
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To people too densely; overpopulate.

Transitive verb

noun

plural of overperson

Example Sentences

"The drones are killed at the end of summer, but the queen and great part of the workers remain ; and when, in the summer, they increase so much as to overpeople the hive, colonies are sent forth with young queens, in search of another habitation."
"At breakfast James made request to his father that he might be allowed to make of a certain little-used loft a room for Isy and himself, so as not to overpeople the house."

Etymology

From over- + people.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

overpeoples (present, singular) overpeopling (participle, present) overpeopled (participle, past) overpeopled (past)

Questions

What does overpeople mean?: To people too densely; overpopulate.
Where does overpeople come from?: From over- + people.

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