superflu
superflu noun: any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment.
Noun
superflu (usually uncountable, plural superflus)
- Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment.
- In the wake of the superflus and cataclysmic events, male writers tend to jump to that unholy trinity of rape, murder and cannibalism.2015 July 23, Sloane Crosley, “It’s the End of the World as She Knows It”, in New York Times
Forms of superflu
| plural | superflus |
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Origin of superflu
From super- + flu.
Questions about superflu
- What does superflu mean?
- Superflu means any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment.
- What part of speech is superflu?
- Superflu is a noun.
- What is the plural of superflu?
- The plural of superflu is superflus.
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