superabundant
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌs(j)uːpə(ɹ)ˈəbʌndənt/
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Adjective
superabundant (not comparable)
- Extremely or exceedingly abundant.
- At one time were bison on the American plains not merely abundant but superabundant: they seemed inexhaustible.
- 1596, Tho[mas] Nashe, “Dialogus”, in Haue with You to Saffron-Walden. Or, Gabriell Harveys Hunt is Up. […], London: […] John Danter, →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Have with You to Saffron-Walden (Miscellaneous Tracts; Temp. Eliz. and Jac. I), [London: s.n., 1870], →OCLC, page 71:
- Cornead. The ſpirit of foolery out of this Archibald Rupenrope he ſhall never be able to caſt, were the nectar of his eloquence a thouſand times more ſuperabundant, inceſſant ſourding.
- (number theory) Being or relating to a superabundant number.
Latin
Verb
superabundant
- third-person plural present active indicative of superabundō