oversprinkle

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verb

To sprinkle over.

OriginEnglish sprinkle ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

verboversprinkle (third-person singular simple present oversprinkles, present participle oversprinkling, simple past and past participle oversprinkled)

present singular third person oversprinkles · participle present oversprinkling · participle past oversprinkled · past oversprinkled

  1. transitiveTo sprinkle over.
  2. nonce wordtransitiveTo be sprinkled over (something).

    While the stars that oversprinkle / All the heavens seem to twinkle / With a crystalline delight.

    1849, Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishsprinkle
  8. Englishoversprinkle

From over- + sprinkle.

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APA

oversprinkle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversprinkle

MLA

“oversprinkle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversprinkle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversprinkle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversprinkle.

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