superplease

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ please.

Pronunciation

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Verb

superplease (third-person singular simple present superpleases, present participle superpleasing, simple past and past participle superpleased)

1. (transitive) To please exceedingly.
   • 1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:

     But careless of all vulgar censure, as not depending on common approbation, he is confident it shall superplease judicious spectators