supervacaneous
/ˌsuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs/US/ˌsuːpəɹvəˈkeɪnɪəs/
supervacaneous adjective: added above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant.
Adjective
supervacaneous (not comparable)
- Added above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant.
- It is an awful thing to find your efforts supervacaneous when you are so far away from home and friends, sympathy, and help.1915, George Wharton James, Our American Woodlands
- ‘It became all the more important for me to get out because my son Foster, aged now fifteen, is only ten points below genius and this genius would have been unavailing and supervacaneous, in other words wasted, behind the iron curtain.’1960, Nancy Mitford, Don't Tell Alfred
- Synonyms:
- pleonastic, redundant, superfluous, supervacaneal, supervacuous
Synonyms of supervacaneous
- pleonastic
- redundant
- superfluous
- supervacaneal
- supervacuous
Origin of supervacaneous
From Latin supervacāneus; compare Italian supervacaneo, Portuguese supervacâneo, Spanish supervacáneo.
Words formed from supervacaneous
Questions about supervacaneous
- What does supervacaneous mean?
- Supervacaneous means added above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant.
- What part of speech is supervacaneous?
- Supervacaneous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce supervacaneous?
- Supervacaneous is pronounced /ˌsuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs/ (UK).
Words near supervacaneous in the dictionary
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