superpremium 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- English premium English superpremium From super- + premium.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of greatly superior quality, beyond premium.
Clearly, the iPhone will have a major impact on the superpremium segment; Motorola’s Q, for example, will be outclassed.
2007, Harvard Business Review, Boston Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, page 115:Together with other superpremium drinks, such as vintage port, Armagnac, Cognac, and bourbon, single-malt Scotch is being rediscovered by the same affluent white-collar professionals who rejected it a decade ago.
1991-1992, The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, page 37:Ben & Jerry's is getting fat on America's growing appetite for so-called superpremium ice cream, brands made with natural ingredients and plenty of butterfat. Häagen-Dazs, the ice cream that has the pseudo-Scandinavian name but is made in America by Pillsbury, pioneered the superpremium field and spawned such imitators as Prusen Gladje from Dart & Kraft and Alpen Zauber, which is produced by a small Brooklyn company. Americans last year gobbled an estimated 66 million gal. of superpremium ice cream, up about 12% from 1983.
1985, United States Congress, Congressional Record, The Congress, page 33391:
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| super-premium | alternative | lexicographic |