overenunciate en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + enunciate.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To enunciate too strongly.
He’s always been far more interesting rhythmically than lyrically, but here his tendency to overenunciate, an accommodation that makes him more palatable to foreign ears, holds him back.
2009 August 20, Jon Caramanica, “In a Time of Daggers, a Reggae Artist Shows a Benign Side”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overenunciated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overenunciated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overenunciating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overenunciates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |