different between overtness vs overt

English

Etymology

overt +? -ness

Noun

overtness (uncountable)

1. The state of being overt; openness.

Translations

Anagrams

• Steverson

English

Etymology

From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aper?re (“to open”), from aperi? (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“away; from”) + *h?wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of ouvert.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?(?)?v??t/, /???v?(?)t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /o??v?t/, /?o?v?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Adjective

overt (not comparable)

1. Open and not concealed or secret.

   Synonyms: manifest, open, patent, plain, unconcealed

   Antonyms: covert, hidden, nonovert; see also Thesaurus:covert

Derived terms

Related terms

• overture

Antonyms

• covert

Translations

References

Anagrams

• orvet, trove, voter

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *opertus, from Latin apertus.

Verb

overt

1. past participle of ovrir

Descendants

• Middle French: ouvert
  • French: ouvert (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: ouvaert ouvèrt, ouvert
• ? Middle English: overt, uverte
  • English: overt
  • Scots: overt, ovart