adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
supererogatory
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/suːpəɹɛˈɹɒɡətəɹi/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a deed or action, morally benevolent and exceeding the strict requirement of God.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
more than is needed, desired, or required
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- trying to lose excess weight
- found some extra change lying on the dresser
- yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
- skills made redundant by technological advance
- sleeping in the spare room
- supernumerary ornamentation
- it was supererogatory of her to gloat
- delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
- extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
- surplus cheese distributed to the needy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin superērogātōrius (“supererogatory”), from superērogātiō (“payment in addition”), from superērogō (“pay out over and above”), from super (“above”) + ērogō (“pay out, expend”); from ex (“out of, from”) + rogō (“ask; request”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: zonder verplichting — doing more than is required
- Dutch: overdadig — doing more than is required
- French: surérogatoire — doing more than is required
- German: übergebührlich — doing more than is required
- Greek: περιττός (perittós) — doing more than is required
- Greek: πέραν του δέοντος (péran tou déontos) — doing more than is required
- Italian: supererogatorio — doing more than is required
- Latin: superērogātōrius — doing more than is required
- Portuguese: supererrogativo — doing more than is required
- Portuguese: supererrogatório — doing more than is required
- Spanish: supererogatorio — doing more than is required