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superspecial en · ADJ
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Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
Middle English especial
English special
English superspecial
From super- + special.
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Extremely special.
Oh, isn't that just superspecial?
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superspecial en · NOUN
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Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
Middle English especial
English special
English superspecial
From super- + special.
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An especially large or spectacular mass-media special, such as on television
No indoor pleasures, no television superspecials, can compare to a night full of shooting stars.
2002, Chet Raymo, 365 Starry Nights, →ISBN, page 129:
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A special spectator stage of a rally event
The clutch of his Focus overheated in the traffic jam around the stadium and he had to nurse the car through the Saturday night superspecial, dropping five seconds to the flying Loeb.
2008 December 8, Sammy Hamill, “Champion Loeb is too hot to handle on icy roads”, in Belfast Telegraph:
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supersingular · supergeneral