overenunciate

English

Etymology

over- + enunciate

Verb

overenunciate (third-person singular simple present overenunciates, present participle overenunciating, simple past and past participle overenunciated)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To enunciate too strongly.
    • 2009 August 20, Jon Caramanica, “In a Time of Daggers, a Reggae Artist Shows a Benign Side”, in New York Times:
      He’s always been far more interesting rhythmically than lyrically, but here his tendency to overenunciate, an accommodation that makes him more palatable to foreign ears, holds him back.
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