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overcourteous

overcourteous adjective: excessively courteous.

Adjective

overcourteous (comparative more overcourteous, superlative most overcourteous)

  1. Excessively courteous.

Forms of overcourteous

comparativemore overcourteous
superlativemost overcourteous

Origin of overcourteous

From over- + courteous.

Questions about overcourteous

What does overcourteous mean?
Overcourteous means excessively courteous.
What part of speech is overcourteous?
Overcourteous is an adjective.

Words near overcourteous in the dictionary

  1. overcounting
  2. overcounts
  3. overcoupled
  4. overcoupling
  5. overcourageous
  6. overcourteous
  7. overcourtesy
  8. overcover
  9. overcoverage
  10. overcovered
  11. overcovering

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