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superextra

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English

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Etymology

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From super- +‎ extra.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)ˈɛkstɹə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsupɚˈɛkstɹə/
  • Hyphenation: su‧per‧ex‧tra

Adjective

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superextra (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Superior and extra.
    • 1847, George Truesdale Flanders, Review of Alexander Hall's Universalism Against Itself[1], E. C. Church, page 68:
      It requires not superextra intelligence to see this.
    • 1912, Arthur Swazey, Cornelius Van Santvoord, Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, J. H. Trowbridge, William Cunningham Gray, Francis Landey Patton, Nolan Rice Best, The Continent[2], McCormick Publishing Company, page 1530:
      Superextra brand of glass. Rare, such glass. Carbonate of lead, you know.
    • 1918, The Bystander, Volume 60[3], page 144:
      Not, of course, that these are anything superextra in the way of atrocities when the Hun really gets going.