supergression
supergression noun: excess, exaltation.
Noun
supergression (countable and uncountable, plural supergressions)
- excess, exaltation
- And soe with long leasure it will waste, / And not with bubbling made in haste: / For doubt of perrills many more then one, / And for supergression of our stone.16th C., Thomas Norton, Ordinall (in Ashmole's Theatrum Chemicum Brittanicum)
- The process of going too far, doing more than what is required; a transgression https://books.google.com.au/books?id=F_xxNRT1VW0C&pg=PA1092&dq=supergression&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1_sb43cvRAhXJULwKHV_2B2YQ6AEIKTAD#v=onepage&q=supergression&f=false
- the most oppressed soule, may raise it selfe above those exaltations, and supergressions of sin17th C., John Donne, Sermon III
Forms of supergression
| plural | supergressions |
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Origin of supergression
From Latin supergressio.
Questions about supergression
- What does supergression mean?
- Supergression means excess, exaltation.
- What part of speech is supergression?
- Supergression is a noun.
- What is the plural of supergression?
- The plural of supergression is supergressions.
Words near supergression in the dictionary
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