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Overjealous

Definition: Overjealous

Overjealous

Adjective

1. Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; "a jealous lover".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Overjealous \O`ver*jeal"ous\, adjective. [Over jealous. Compare to Overzealous.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Overjealous

Synonyms: green-eyed (adj), jealous (adj). (additional references)

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Rhyming with "Overjealous"

Words rhyming with "overjealous" (pronounced 'O`ver*jeal"ous'): Acrosporous, Annoyous, Bisexous, Blendous, Bulbous, Catarrhous, Cobaltous, Croupous, Declinous, Deignous, Fumous, grievous, JEALOUS, joyous, Miszealous, Multiformous, Nectareous, Nervous, Noious, Noyous, Overzealous, Pilous, Pious, Polysporous, Pompous, Porous, Portentous, Pulpous, quartzous, Rimous, Salinous, Schorlous, Scious, Spathous, Spitous, Spumeous, Squeamous, Untimeous, Veinous, Venous, Zealous, Zincous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Overjealous

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-j-l-o-o-r-s-u-v"

-3 letters: aureoles, oversale, oversoul, revalues, valorous.

-4 letters: aerosol, areoles, aureole, jealous, laveers, leavers, louvers, louvres, oeuvres, oversea, overuse, resolve, revalue, reveals, roseola, several, valours, valuers, vealers, velours, velures.

-5 letters: areole, arouse, averse, avulse, elvers, jouals, joules, jurels, larees, laveer, lavers, leaser, leaver, leaves, levers, loaves, looser, louver, louvre, lovers, oeuvre, ovular, ovules, ravels, reales.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Overjealous


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 76 65 72 6A 65 61 6C 6F 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01101010 01100101 01100001 01101100 01101111 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#118 &#101 &#114 &#106 &#101 &#97 &#108 &#111 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0076 0065 0072 006A 0065 0061 006C 006F 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4988718476716778818785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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