oversilence

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noun

An overwhelming silence.

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Meanings

nounoversilence (plural oversilences)

plural oversilences

  1. An overwhelming silence.

    There was a ... trembling oversilence in the cottony mist floating all around, a resonating lack of sound that made me feel we were the only two living beings left in the entire world.

    2001, Sharon Green, Deadliest of the Species (page 190)
verboversilence (third-person singular simple present oversilences, present participle oversilencing, simple past and past participle oversilenced)

present singular third person oversilences · participle present oversilencing · participle past oversilenced · past oversilenced

  1. transitiveTo silence excessively.

    Odi njo, "it is bad," is a very powerful, poisonous medicine that may oversilence a patient to death. […] As a "silencing" or calming-down root, it is particularly known to deal with any form of insanity.

    2010, Patrick E. Iroegbu, Healing Insanity: a Study of Igbo Medicine... (page 493)

Origin

over- + silence

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversilence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversilence.

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