oversevere
/ˌəʊvəˈsɪˈvɪɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Companies, by often imposing oversevere tasks on their men, oblige them to use every subterfuge in order to meet the imjust exigencies of their employers."
- "From her girlish days, Lady Jane was permitted, by her fond, yet oversevere parents, to mix with a few of the intimate friends of the family."
- ""I cannot help hoping that you are oversevere," said Miss Corbet."
- "If the Senate amendments prevail the alien would find himself caught between two fires. He must register if he is an alien; he must pass an oversevere educational test if he wishes to become a citizen."
- "This is not an unjust or oversevere commentary; let any reasonable reader inspect the publications of the vers-libre poets, the exhibitions of cubist sculpture and futurist painting, the productions of the disciples of the new art of the theater and decide that point for himself."
Etymology
From over- + severe.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌəʊvəˈsɪˈvɪɹ/
- British English: /ˌəʊvəˈsɪˈvɪə/
Inflected Forms
more oversevere (comparative)
most oversevere (superlative)