noun
Meaning 1
Excessive thought or thinking
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overthought
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Sound
Pronunciation
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ō′vər-thôt′
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈθɔːt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.və.θɔːt/
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General-American: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈθɔt/
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cot-caught-merger: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈθɑt/
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rhymes with -ɔːt
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of overthink
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought English overthought From over- + thought.
From overthink.