Overword
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- n overword The leading idea or a repeated phrase, as of a song or ballad; the refrain; burden.
- overword To express in too many words: sometimes used reflexively.
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In literature:
Now this was a favourite overword of my mother's, that suffering was the Christian's golden garment.
"The Men of the Moss-Hags" by S. R. Crockett
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In poetry:
No creed hath dared to hail Him Lord,
No raptured choirs proclaim,
And Nature's strenuous Overword
Hath nowhere breathed His Name.
"The Necessitarian" by Rudyard Kipling