superhigh en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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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- Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kówkos Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-West Germanic *hauh Old English hēah Middle English heigh English high English superhigh From super- + high.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Extremely high
Sometimes they have to pour immense amounts of sand — like a million pounds in a six-hour period — into a well under superhigh pressure […].
2007 April 15, Ben Stein, “Yes, Wall St. Still Gets Some Things Right”, in New York Times: