superplus

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English

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Etymology

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From super- + Latin plus (more). See surplus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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superplus (plural superpluses)

  1. (obsolete) surplus
    • 1762, Oliver Goldsmith, Female Warriors:
      If this be the case , there must be a superplus of the other sex amounting to the same number , and this superplus will consist of women able to bear arms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for superplus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Romanian

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Etymology

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From super- +‎ plus.

Noun

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superplus n (uncountable)

  1. (dated) surplus

Declension

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References

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  • superplus in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN