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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
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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