Meanings
plural superfluxes
- An overabundance; a great amount
Intense device, and superflux of pain
1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Anactoria, line 282 more examples
Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more just.
1608, 1619, 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 4There she lay, With brow so pale,—who yester-morn breath'd forth Through joyous smiles her superflux of bliss Into the hearts of others.
1842, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Lost Sister, page 58Synonyms: superabundance, great deal, lots, abundance, acrasia, acrasy, excess, fat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn overabundance; a great amount
Origin
- Latinsuperfluxus
- Englishsuperflux
From Latin superfluxus, from superfluō (“overflow”).
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