superplusage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

superplus +‎ -age?

Noun[edit]

superplusage (usually uncountable, plural superplusages)

  1. (obsolete) surplus
    • 1823, Gilbert Burnet, The Life of Sir Matthew Hale, Knt:
      There yet remained a superplusage.

References[edit]

“superplusage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

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