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exuperancy

exuperancy noun: the degree by which one thing exceeds another.

Noun

exuperancy

  1. (obsolete) the degree by which one thing exceeds another
    • Fortunius Licetus […] hath very ingeniouſly attempted it, deducing the cauſe hereof from an equall conformity of naturall heat and moiſture, at leaſt no conſiderable exuperancy in either;1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 163
    Synonyms:
    exuperance

Synonyms of exuperancy

Questions about exuperancy

What does exuperancy mean?
Exuperancy means the degree by which one thing exceeds another.
What part of speech is exuperancy?
Exuperancy is a noun.

Words near exuperancy in the dictionary

  1. exungulated
  2. exungulates
  3. exungulating
  4. exuperance
  5. exuperances
  6. exuperancy
  7. exuperant
  8. exuperate
  9. exurb
  10. exurban
  11. exurbanite

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