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overword

American  
[oh-ver-wurd] / ˈoʊ vərˌwɜrd /

noun

  1. a word that is repeated, as a refrain in a song.

overword British  
/ ˈəʊvəˌwɜːd /

noun

  1. a repeated word or phrase

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Etymology

Origin of overword

First recorded in 1490–1500; over- + word

Example Sentences

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A late lyric has this overword, FAR, FAR AWAY!

From Alfred Tennyson by Lang, Andrew

He had got at least an excellent overword.

From If I Were King by McCarthy, Justin

Now the summer prime is her blithest rhyme In the being and the seeming, And they that have heard the overword Know life's a dream worth dreaming.

From Poems by Henley, William Ernest

R. C. “They that have heard the overword Know life’s a dream worth dreaming.”

From In the Mist of the Mountains by Macfarlane, J.

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