Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overslip

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-slip
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond.

Transitive verb

verb

To omit or neglect, to fail to mention.

Transitive verb

noun

A kind of light overgarment, easily slipped on.

noun

An oversight, a mistake or neglect.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"to overslip time or opportunity"
"Here I could breake out into a boundleſſe race of oratory, in ſhrill trumpetting and concelebrating the royall magnificence of her gouernement, that for ſtate and ſtrict ciuill ordering, ſcant admitteth any riuals: but I feare it would be a theame diſpleaſant to the graue modeſty of the diſcreet preſent magiſtrates; and therefore conſultiuely I ouerſlip it, […]"

Etymology

From over- + slip.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Inflected Forms

overslips (present, singular) overslipping (participle, present) overslipped (participle, past) overslipped (past) overslips (plural)

Questions

What does overslip mean?: To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond.
Where does overslip come from?: From over- + slip.

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