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supersaliency

supersaliency noun: the act of leaping on anything.

Noun

supersaliency (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of leaping on anything.
    • [T]heir coition is made by supersaliency, like that of horses, as we are informed by some who have beheld them in that act1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    • […] I therefore think, Sarah, that the incommensurability of the crime with the effect, completely warrants the supersaliency of this noctivagant delinquent.1823, James Hogg, “Peril Second. Leasing. Circle II.”, in The Three Perils of Woman; or, Love, Leasing, and Jealousy. […], volume III, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […]...

Questions about supersaliency

What does supersaliency mean?
Supersaliency means the act of leaping on anything.
What part of speech is supersaliency?
Supersaliency is a noun.

Words near supersaliency in the dictionary

  1. supersale
  2. supersales
  3. supersalesman
  4. supersalesmanship
  5. supersalesmen
  6. supersaliency
  7. supersalient
  8. supersaline
  9. supersalt
  10. supersalts
  11. supersalty

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