overword
/ˈəʊvəwəːd/Chiefly Scottish. Now rare
noun
A repeated word or phrase, especially the burden or refrain of a song; a word or phrase frequently used by an individual.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in William Dunbar (?1460–?1530), poet and courtier. From over- + word.
- inspiringly
- inspirit
- autocue
- autocycle
- autocyclic
- autocyclist
- autocytotoxin
- auto-da-fé
- auto-defrost
- auto-destruct
- auto-destruction
- auto-destructive
- autodiagnosis
- autodiagnostic
- autodial
- autodialler
- autodidact
- autodidactic
- autodidacticism
- autodigestion
- autodrome
- autodynamic
- autodyne
- autoecious
- auto-education