superflux

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/ˈsuːpə(ɹ)flʌks/

noun

An overabundance; a great amount

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounsuperflux (plural superfluxes)

plural superfluxes

  1. An overabundance; a great amount

    Intense device, and superflux of pain

    1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Anactoria, line 28
    2 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 4

    There 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 58

    Synonyms: superabundance, great deal, lots, abundance, acrasia, acrasy, excess, fat

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Latinsuperfluxus
  2. Englishsuperflux

From Latin superfluxus, from superfluō (“overflow”).

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APA

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Chicago

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