Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superpraise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-praise
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To overpraise; to praise highly.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"If you were men, as men you are in show, You would not use a gentle lady so; To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts, When, I am sure, you hate me with your hearts."
"1599, Uncredited translator, A Spiritual Doctrine Conteining a Rule to Live Wel, with Divers Praiers and Meditations, by Louis of Granada, Louan, published in English Recusant Literature, Volume 204, 1974, p. 178, Blessed art thou in the holie temple of thie glorie, and superpraised and superglorious for euer."

Etymology

From super- + praise.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

superpraises (present, singular) superpraising (participle, present) superpraised (participle, past) superpraised (past)

Questions

What does superpraise mean?: To overpraise; to praise highly.
Where does superpraise come from?: From super- + praise.

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