Etymology

supervacuous

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Today it means: superfluous, more than needed Full definition →

Latin supervacuus
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  1. Latin · derived fromsupervacuus“more than needed”
  2. English todaysupervacuous

From Latin supervacuus (“more than needed”), from super (“above”) + vacuus (“vacant”), equivalent to super- + vacuous.

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