"overjawed" meaning in All languages combined

See overjawed on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more overjawed [comparative], most overjawed [superlative]
Etymology: over- + jawed Etymology templates: {{pre|en|over|jawed}} over- + jawed Head templates: {{en-adj}} overjawed (comparative more overjawed, superlative most overjawed)
  1. Having an excessively prominent jaw.
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "over-",
      "over-#English"
    ],
    [
      "jawed",
      "jawed#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "jawed"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + jawed",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "over- + jawed",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more overjawed",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most overjawed",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "overjawed (comparative more overjawed, superlative most overjawed)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with over-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1952, Henry W. Clune, By His Own Hand (page 149)",
          "text": "[…] overjawed face, as shiny and smooth as a newly washed china plate."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having an excessively prominent jaw."
      ],
      "id": "en-overjawed-en-adj-PRwGxH8j",
      "links": [
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ],
        [
          "prominent",
          "prominent"
        ],
        [
          "jaw",
          "jaw"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "overjawed"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "over-",
      "over-#English"
    ],
    [
      "jawed",
      "jawed#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "jawed"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + jawed",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "over- + jawed",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more overjawed",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most overjawed",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "overjawed (comparative more overjawed, superlative most overjawed)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with over-",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1952, Henry W. Clune, By His Own Hand (page 149)",
          "text": "[…] overjawed face, as shiny and smooth as a newly washed china plate."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having an excessively prominent jaw."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ],
        [
          "prominent",
          "prominent"
        ],
        [
          "jaw",
          "jaw"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "overjawed"
}

Download raw JSONL data for overjawed meaning in All languages combined (1.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (19f9a30 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.