Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overstimulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: over-stim-u-late
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stimulate to an excessive degree; to expose to excessive stimulation.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tey-? Latin stimulus Latin stimulo Latin stimulatusbor. English stimulate English overstimulate From over- + stimulate.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

overstimulates (present, singular) overstimulating (participle, present) overstimulated (participle, past) overstimulated (past)

Antonyms

understimulate

Questions

What does overstimulate mean?: To stimulate to an excessive degree; to expose to excessive stimulation.
Where does overstimulate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tey-? Latin stimulus Latin stimulo Latin stimulatusbor. English stimulate English overstimulate From over- + stimulate.

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