Meanings
nounsuperconception (uncountable)
- archaicuncountablebiologysuperfetation
those superconceptions, where one child was like the father, the other like the adulterer
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Englishsuper-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
- Latinconcipiō
- Latinconceptiō
- Old Frenchconception
- Middle Englishconcepcioun
- Englishconception
- Englishsuperconception
From super- + conception.
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APA
superconception. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superconception
MLA
“superconception.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superconception. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superconception,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superconception.
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