Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overshower

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-show-er
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shower from above; to dispense liberally to.

Transitive verb

verb

To shower (wash one's body in a shower) too much or too long.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] they are said to hate and punish wrong and violence; they may show mercy to those who call upon them in their afflictions, their faithful worshipper they overshower with favors."
"Don't overshower. Wetting the skin is a vicious cycle. You want to add moisture to your skin by trapping it under the moisturizer, but you don't want to strip away moisture."

Etymology

From over- + shower.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Inflected Forms

overshowers (present, singular) overshowering (participle, present) overshowered (participle, past) overshowered (past)

Questions

What does overshower mean?: To shower from above; to dispense liberally to.
Where does overshower come from?: From over- + shower.

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