superextra

English

Etymology

super- +‎ extra

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)ˈɛkstɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsupɚˈɛkstɹə/
• Hyphenation: su‧per‧ex‧tra

Adjective

superextra (not comparable)

1. (rare) Superior and extra.
   • 1847, George Truesdale Flanders, Review of Alexander Hall's Universalism Against Itself‎^[1], E. C. Church, page 68:

     It requires not superextra intelligence to see this.

   • 1912, Arthur Swazey, Cornelius Van Santvoord, Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, J. H. Trowbridge, William Cunningham Gray, Francis Landey Patton, Nolan Rice Best, The Continent‎^[2], McCormick Publishing Company, page 1530:

     Superextra brand of glass. Rare, such glass. Carbonate of lead, you know.

   • 1918, The Bystander, Volume 60‎^[3], page 144:

     Not, of course, that these are anything superextra in the way of atrocities when the Hun really gets going.