Meanings
plural superactivities
- countableuncountableA state of heightened or excessive activity.
enzyme superactivity
- countableuncountableA scout group activity involving adventure away from home.
There were also joint workshops, on such practical items as superactivities, money earning projects, officers' seminars, and recruiting new members.
1971, Scouting (volume 59, number 2, March-April 1971, page 12)1 more example
Probably the most common visitor was the Boy Scout. In the 1940s, Boy Scout leaders in Salt Lake City had searched for a superactivity to count as the final requirement for the Explorer badge.
1999, Jared Farmer, Glen Canyon dammed: inventing Lake Powell and the Canyon Country, page 103
Origin
From super- + activity or superactive + -ity.
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