Definition of Overword

1. v. t. To say in too many words; to express verbosely.

Definition of Overword

1. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) Any word or phrase frequently repeated. ¹

2. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) The burden or chorus of a song. ¹

3. Verb. To say in too many words; to express verbosely. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overword

1. a word or phrase repeated at intervals in a song [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overword

overwinter
overwintered
overwinterer
overwinterers
overwintering
overwinters
overwise
overwit
overwithheld
overwithhold
overwithholding
overwithholds
overwits
overwitted
overwitting
overword (current term)
overworded
overwordiness
overwording
overwords
overwordy
overwore
overwork
overworked
overworking
overworks
overworld
overworld map
overworld maps
overworlds

Literary usage of Overword

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1901)
"Vaguely he tried to shape a ballade, a noble ballade in honour of all things good to eat. He had got at least an excellent overword. ..."

2. Love Poems of Three Centuries: 1590-1890 (1890)
"Hold your pulses calm, unstirred— Calm and cool as a woodland pool, Let not his song your heart befool, List, through it all, for the overword : Love has ..."

3. Love Poems of Three Centuries: 1590-1890 by Jessie Fremont O'Donnell (1890)
"Hold your pulses calm, unstirred— Calm and cool as a woodland pool, Let not his song your heart befool, List, through it all, for the overword : Love has ..."

4. The Bookman (1890)
"Of the overword. Dominant, pleading, sure. No truth too small to save and make endure. No good too poor ! " And since no mortal can at last disdain That ..."

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