Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overslop

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-slop
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outer garment or slop.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English oversloppe, Old English oferslop, oferslype (“an overgarment; surplice”), equivalent to over- + slop. Cognate with Icelandic yfirsloppur (“overalls”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over
Root: oversloppe, oferslop

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

overslops (plural)

Questions

What does overslop mean?: An outer garment or slop.
Where does overslop come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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