superspecial

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adjective

Extremely special.

“Oh, isn't that just superspecial?”

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivesuperspecial (comparative more superspecial, superlative most superspecial)

comparative more superspecial · superlative most superspecial

  1. Extremely special.

    Oh, isn't that just superspecial?

nounsuperspecial (plural superspecials)

plural superspecials · alternative super special · alternative SuperSpecial

  1. mediaAn especially large or spectacular mass-media special, such as on television

    No indoor pleasures, no television superspecials, can compare to a night full of shooting stars.

    2002, Chet Raymo, 365 Starry Nights, →ISBN, page 129
  2. hobbiesA special spectator stage of a rally event

    The clutch of his Focus overheated in the traffic jam around the stadium and he had to nurse the car through the Saturday night superspecial, dropping five seconds to the flying Loeb.

    2008 December 8, Sammy Hamill, “Champion Loeb is too hot to handle on icy roads”, in Belfast Telegraph

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Middle Englishespecial
  8. Englishspecial
  9. Englishsuperspecial

From super- + special.

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APA

superspecial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superspecial

MLA

“superspecial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superspecial. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superspecial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superspecial.

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