Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overrack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-rack
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To torture beyond bearing.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Etymology

From over- + rack. Not apparently continuing Old English oferreċċan.

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Questions

What does overrack mean?
To torture beyond bearing.
Where does overrack come from?
From over- + rack. Not apparently continuing Old English oferreċċan.

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