Definition of Overwords

1. overword [n] - See also: overword

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overwords

overwintering
overwinters
overwise
overwit
overwithheld
overwithhold
overwithholding
overwithholds
overwits
overwitted
overwitting
overword
overworded
overwordiness
overwording
overwords (current term)
overwordy
overwore
overwork
overworked
overworking
overworks
overworld
overworld map
overworld maps
overworlds
overworn
overwound
overwrap
overwrapped

Literary usage of Overwords

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

1. The Retrospective Review (1853)
"The " overwords," which, if good, help the sentiment of a song so much, ... Probably these overwords were frequently sung, even when interspersed through ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1878)
"... owe the repetitions and overwords which are so frequent in Provençal, and which make gracious the triolet, rondeau, and rondel of Northern France. ..."

3. Captain Lettarblair: A Comedy in Three Actsby Marguerite Merington by Marguerite Merington (1906)
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