Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oversuspicious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-sus-pi-cious
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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- English suspicious English oversuspicious From over- + suspicious.

Inflected Forms

more oversuspicious (comparative) most oversuspicious (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does oversuspicious mean?
Excessively suspicious; having a level of suspicion that is not warranted by circumstances.
Where does oversuspicious 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- English suspicious English oversuspicious From over- + suspicious.

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