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overpunctilious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-punc-til-ious
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively punctilious.

Etymology

From over- + punctilious.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overpunctilious (comparative) most overpunctilious (superlative)

Questions

What does overpunctilious mean?
Excessively punctilious.
Where does overpunctilious come from?
From over- + punctilious.

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