Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overbutter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-but-ter
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To butter excessively.

Example Sentences

"It had not occurred to him that they might want more than the touching and the stroking and the kissing and the fucking: that it was in women to arouse and lavish and spoil in other ways besides overbuttering sandwiches."
"“Spinoza is a Sephardic name, but I’m mostly Ashkenazi,” said Joshua, nervously overbuttering his bread."
"“I thought you wanted eggs.” Stella began overbuttering a small croissant."

Etymology

From over- + butter.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

overbutters (present, singular) overbuttering (participle, present) overbuttered (participle, past) overbuttered (past)

Frequently Paired Words

overbuttered

Questions

What does overbutter mean?: To butter excessively.
Where does overbutter come from?: From over- + butter.

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