supergenerous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From super- + generous.
Meanings
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Remarkably generous.
So in putting together this season’s big evening sales, which begin on Tuesday, Sotheby’s has been even more aggressive than usual, offering sellers supergenerous guarantees — undisclosed minimum prices paid to the sellers regardless of a sale’s outcome — that are in many cases higher than records for the artists.
2007 May 3, Carol Vogel, “An Auction Season of High Estimates, and Even Higher Risks”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more supergenerous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most supergenerous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |