OVERWORD

Etymology

Noun

overword (plural overwords)

(UK, dialectal) Any word or phrase frequently repeated.

(UK, dialectal) The burden or chorus of a song.

Verb

overword (third-person singular simple present overwords, present participle overwording, simple past and past participle overworded)

(ambitransitive) To say in too many words; to express verbosely.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*word", v. t.

Definition: To say in too many words; to express verbosely. Hales.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 January 2025

PRESENTATION

(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”


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