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superplusage

superplusage noun: surplus.

Noun

superplusage (usually uncountable, plural superplusages)

  1. (obsolete, usually) surplus
    • There yet remained a superplusage.1823, Gilbert Burnet, The Life of Sir Matthew Hale, Knt

Forms of superplusage

pluralsuperplusages

Origin of superplusage

From superplus + -age?

Questions about superplusage

What does superplusage mean?
Superplusage means surplus.
What part of speech is superplusage?
Superplusage is a noun.
What is the plural of superplusage?
The plural of superplusage is superplusages.

Words near superplusage in the dictionary

  1. superpluralism
  2. superpluralities
  3. superplurality
  4. superplurals
  5. superplus
  6. superplusage
  7. superplusages
  8. superpluses
  9. superpod
  10. superpods
  11. superpolite

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