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14 letters · 23 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
verb make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English compensate English overcompensate From over- + compensate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- compensator 17
- temperances 17
- compensate 16
- escapement 16
- escarpment 16
- permeances 16
- recompense 16
- temperance 16
- overcomes 16
- pavements 16
- conversate 15
- overemotes 15