Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overserious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-se-ri-ous
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively serious.

Etymology

From over- + serious.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overserious (comparative) most overserious (superlative)

Derived Forms

overseriously overseriousness

Questions

What does overserious mean?
Excessively serious.
Where does overserious come from?
From over- + serious.

How to pronounce overserious

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