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Main Entry:  superfluous1
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  more than enough; overabundant; extra
Etymology:  Latin super- + fluere 'to flow'

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Main Entry:  superfluous2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  unnecessary; uncalled-for; wasteful
Etymology:  Latin super- + fluere 'to flow'

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su·per·flu·ous    Audio Help   [soo-pur-floo-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
2.unnecessary or needless.
3.Obsolete. possessing or spending more than enough or necessary; extravagant.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L superfluus, equiv. to super- super- + flu- (s. of fluere to flow) + -us -ous]

su·per·flu·ous·ly, adverb
su·per·flu·ous·ness, noun

1. extra; redundant.
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su·per·flu·ous    Audio Help   (sŏŏ-pûr'flōō-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Being beyond what is required or sufficient.


[Middle English, from Old French superflueux, from Latin superfluus, from superfluere, to overflow : super-, super- + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

su·per'flu·ous·ly adv., su·per'flu·ous·ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean being more than is needed, desired, required, or appropriate: delete superfluous words; trying to lose excess weight; found some extra change on the dresser; sleeping in the spare room; supernumerary ornamentation; distributed surplus food to the needy.

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superfluous 
c.1380 (superflue), from L. superfluus "unnecessary," lit. "overflowing," from superfluere "to overflow," from super "over" (see super-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).

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superfluous

adjective
1. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence" [syn: otiose
2. more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
superfluous [suˈpəːfluəs] adjective
extra; beyond what is needed or wanted
Arabic: زائِد
Chinese (Simplified): 多余的
Chinese (Traditional): 多餘的
Czech: přebytečný
Danish: overflødig
Dutch: overbodig
Estonian: liig-, lisa-
Finnish: liiallinen
French: superflu
German: überflüssig
Greek: παραπανίσιος
Hungarian: fölösleges
Icelandic: ofaukinn
Indonesian: berlimpah-limpah
Italian: superfluo
Japanese: 余分の
Korean: 여분의, 과잉의
Latvian: lieks; nevajadzīgs
Lithuanian: nereikalingas
Norwegian: overflødig
Polish: nadmierny
Portuguese (Brazil): supérfluo
Portuguese (Portugal): supérfluo
Romanian: superfluu
Russian: излишний
Slovak: prebytočný
Slovenian: odvečen
Spanish: superfluo
Swedish: överflödig
Turkish: gereksiz, fazla, aşırı
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Superfluous

Su*per"flu*ence\, n. [L. superfluens, p. pr. of superfluere to flow or run over. See Superfluous.] Superfluity. [Obs.] --Hammond.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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