Meanings
verbovergroom (third-person singular simple present overgrooms, present participle overgrooming, simple past and past participle overgroomed)
present singular third person overgrooms · participle present overgrooming · participle past overgroomed · past overgroomed
- intransitivesometimestransitiveTo groom excessively.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishgroom
- Englishovergroom
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APA
overgroom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgroom
MLA
“overgroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgroom. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overgroom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgroom.
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