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overnew

overnew adjective: very new.

Adjective

overnew (comparative more overnew, superlative most overnew)

  1. Very new.
    • Bless thy doublet, it is not over-new, threadbare as thy stories:— [...]1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “All Fools’ Day”, in Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […]...

Forms of overnew

comparativemore overnew
superlativemost overnew

Origin of overnew

From over- + new. Piecewise doublet of supernova.

Questions about overnew

What does overnew mean?
Overnew means very new.
What part of speech is overnew?
Overnew is an adjective.

Words near overnew in the dictionary

  1. overneutralization
  2. overneutralize
  3. overneutralized
  4. overneutralizes
  5. overneutralizing
  6. overnew
  7. overnice
  8. overnicely
  9. overniceness
  10. overnicety
  11. overnigh

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