Meanings
adjectiveoverparticular (comparative more overparticular, superlative most overparticular)
comparative more overparticular · superlative most overparticular
- Excessively picky or fastidious.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishparticular
- Englishoverparticular
From over- + particular.
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Rhymes with overparticular
particularcurricularventricularperpendicularvehiculartesticularextracurricularfolliculararticularvesicularlenticularreticularauricularfuniculardiverticularnavicularcuticularextravehicularradicularcocurricularacromioclavicularcanalicularsupraclavicularacicular
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
overparticular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overparticular
MLA
“overparticular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overparticular. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overparticular,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overparticular.
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