superabundant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌs(j)uːpə(ɹ)ˈəbʌndənt/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English abundant English superabundant From super- + abundant.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Extremely or exceedingly abundant.
At one time were bison on the American plains not merely abundant but superabundant: they seemed inexhaustible.
Cornead. The ſpirit of foolery out of this Archibald Rupenrope he ſhall never be able to caſt, were the nectar of his eloquence a thouſand times more ſuperabundant, inceſſant ſourding.
1596, Tho[mas] Nashe, “Dialogus”, in Haue with You to Saffron-Walden. Or, Gabriell Harveys Hunt is Up. […], London: […] John Danter, →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Have with You to Saffron-Walden (Miscellaneous Tracts; Temp. Eliz. and Jac. I), [London: s.n., 1870], →OCLC, page 71:
- (not-comparable) Being or relating to a superabundant number.
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es superabundante (Translations)