superincumbent
UK/suːpəɹɪnˈkʌmbənt/
superincumbent adjective: lying or resting on something else; overlying.
Adjective
superincumbent (comparative more superincumbent, superlative most superincumbent)
- Lying or resting on something else; overlying.
- As the vapour cooled the water would be precipitated, and an ocean would surround the spherical nucleus with a superincumbent atmosphere.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 61
- […] alas, on the contrary, what troops and populations of Phantasms, not God-Veracities but Devil-Falsities, down to the very lowest stratum, — which now, by such superincumbent weight of Unveracities, lies enchanted in St. Ives’ Workhouses, broad enough, helpless enough!1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. I, Phenomena”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker)
Forms of superincumbent
| comparative | more superincumbent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most superincumbent |
Origin of superincumbent
From Latin superincumbentem, present participle of superincumbere. By surface analysis, super- + incumbent.
Words formed from superincumbent
Questions about superincumbent
- What does superincumbent mean?
- Superincumbent means lying or resting on something else; overlying.
- What part of speech is superincumbent?
- Superincumbent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce superincumbent?
- Superincumbent is pronounced /suːpəɹɪnˈkʌmbənt/ (UK).
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