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noun
The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: necessity
noun
Something superfluous, as a luxury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: necessity
noun
Collective noun for a group of nuns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
extreme excess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overplus, plethora, embarrassment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: excess, excessiveness, inordinateness
Narrower terms: redundancy, redundance
History
From superflu(ous) + -ity, Old French superfluite, from Medieval Latin superfluitas, from Latin superfluus.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
