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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : soo-per-floo-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsu pərˈflu ɪ ti |
Definition of superfluity
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French superfluite (12c.), from Medieval Latin superfluitas, from superfluus (see superfluous).
- noun surplus
- noun overabundance
- The vacuity and the superfluity are thus partially compensated by each other.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- His tales are overladen with detail and superfluity of minute description.
- Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald
- The superfluity had become a necessity, and Knight was in love.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- Marius found himself not in the least embarrassed by his superfluity of parents.
- Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
- There was always a superfluity of gall in the diarist's ink.
- Extract from : « John Quincy Adams » by John. T. Morse
- Then, like the sun, let bounty spread her ray, And shine that superfluity away.
- Extract from : « Essay on Man » by Alexander Pope
- There was no ornament, no upholstery, no superfluity at all.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- Publishers and editors would not then have a superfluity of matter.
- Extract from : « The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. » by Various
- Never had wine reddened his lips, and bread had seemed to him a superfluity.
- Extract from : « Mauprat » by George Sand
- A signature would to me and to all in the secret have been a superfluity.
- Extract from : « The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. » by Sir Leslie Stephen
Synonyms for superfluity
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