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| Main Entry: | superfluous1 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | more than enough; overabundant; extra |
| Etymology: | Latin super- + fluere 'to flow' |
| Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7) Copyright © 2003-2008 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC |
superfluous
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| Main Entry: | superfluous2 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | unnecessary; uncalled-for; wasteful |
| Etymology: | Latin super- + fluere 'to flow' |
| Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7) Copyright © 2003-2008 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC |
su·per·flu·ous 
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| 1. | being more than is sufficient or required; excessive. |
| 2. | unnecessary or needless. |
| 3. | Obsolete. possessing or spending more than enough or necessary; extravagant. |
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
| su·per·flu·ous
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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. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
superfluous
c.1380 (superflue), from L. superfluus "unnecessary," lit. "overflowing," from superfluere "to overflow," from super "over" (see super-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
superfluous [suˈpəːfluəs] adjective
extra; beyond what is needed or wanted
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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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