Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

over-elaborate

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: over-e-lab-o-rate
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of overelaborate.

Example Sentences

"Are the 1959 cars put out by the Big 3 overpowered, oversized, overjuiced, over-elaborate, gas-guzzling dinosaurs? […] The motion reads “Resolved That the Big 3’s 1959 Car Models are engineering monstrosities”."

Inflected Forms

more over-elaborate (comparative) most over-elaborate (superlative)

Questions

What does over-elaborate mean?: Alternative form of overelaborate.

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