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superexcruciating en · ADJ

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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 excruciating English superexcruciating From super- + excruciating.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Extremely excruciating; of particular excruciation.
    • Anyone can suffer with a rotten tooth or a sprained ankle, but the man with kidney stones endures a superexcruciating kind of pain. 1980, Daniel Lamont McDonald, The language of argument, →ISBN, page 249:

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