overword

[ oh-ver-wurd ]

noun

1. a word that is repeated, as a refrain in a song.

overword

/ ˈəʊvəˌwɜːd /

noun

1. a repeated word or phrase

Word History and Origins

Origin of overword¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; over- + word

Example Sentences

Except with this for, an overword— But where are the apples of earlier years?

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Now this was a favourite overword of my mother's, that suffering was the Christian's golden garment.

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R. C. “They that have heard the overword Know life’s a dream worth dreaming.”

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The psalm of dedication was sung—of which the overword is, “Lo, children are God’s heritage,” and the conclusion the verse which no Scot forgets the world over, perhaps because it contains, quite unintentionally, so delightful a revelation of his own national character— “O happy is the man that hath His quiver filled with those: They unashamed in the gate Shall speak unto their foes.”

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Always the flawless beauty, always the chord Of the Overword, Dominant, pleading, sure, No truth too small to save and make endure.

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