Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: SU-PER-A-BUND'ANCE – SU-PER-CIL'I-OUS-NESS
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More than enough; excessive abundance; as, a superabundance of the productions of the earth. – Woodward.
Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; as, superabundant zeal. – Swift.
SU-PER-A-BUND'ANT-LY, adv.
More than sufficiently. – Cheyne.
SU-PER-A-CID'U-LA-TED, a. [super and acidulated.]
Acidulated to excess.
SU-PER-ADD', v.t. [super and add.]
- To add over and above; to add to what has been added.
- To add or annex something extrinsic. The strength of a living creature, in those external motions, is something distinct from and superadded to its natural gravity. – Wilkins.
SU-PER-ADD'ED, pp.
Added over and above.
SU-PER-ADD'ING, ppr.
Adding over and above; adding something extrinsic.
SU-PER-AD-DI'TION, n. [super and addition.]
- The art of adding to something, or of adding something extraneous. – More.
- That which is added. This superaddition is nothing but fat. – Arbuthnot.
SU-PER-AD-VE'NI-ENT, a. [L. superadveniens.]
- Coming upon; coming to the increase or assistance of something. When a man has done bravely by the superadvenient assistance of his God. – More.
- Coming unexpectedly. [This word is little used.]
SU-PER-AN-GEL'IC, a. [super and angelic.]
Superior in nature or rank to the angels. One class of Unitarians believe Christ to be a superangelic being.
SU-PER-AN'NU-ATE, v.i.
To last beyond the year. [Not in use.] – Bacon.
SU-PER-AN'NU-ATE, v.t. [L. super and annus, a year.]
To impair or disqualify by old age and infirmity; as, a superannuated magistrate. – Swift.
SU-PER-AN'NU-A-TED, pp.
Impaired or disqualified by old age.
The state of being too old for office or business, or of being disqualified by old age.
SU-PERB', a. [Fr. superbe; L. superbus, proud, from super.]
- Grand; magnificent; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.
- Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.
- Showy; pompous; as, it superb exhibition.
- Rich; splendid; as, a superb entertainment.
- August; stately.
SU-PERB'LY, adv.
In a magnificent or splendid manner; richly; elegantly.
SU-PER-CAR-GO, n. [super and cargo.]
An officer or person in a merchant's ship, whose business is to manage the sales and superintend all the commercial concerns of the voyage.
SU-PER-CE-LES'TIAL, a. [super and celestial.]
Situated above the firmament or great vault of heaven. – Trans. Pausanias. Ralegh. Woodward.
SU-PER-CHARGE, v.t.
In heraldry, to place one bearing on another.
SU-PER-CHARG-ED, pp.
Borne upon another.
SU-PER-CHARG-ING, ppr.
Placing one bearing on another.
SU-PER-CIL'IA-RY, a. [L. super and cilium, the eyebrow.]
Situated or being above the eyebrow. – Asiat. Res. The superciliary arch, is the bony superior arch of the orbit. – Cyc.
SU-PER-CIL'I-OUS, a. [L. superciliosus. See above.]
- Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; as, a supercilious officer.
- Manifesting haughtiness, or proceeding from it; overbearing; as, a supercilious air; supercilious behavior.
SU-PER-CIL'I-OUS-LY, adv.
Haughtily; dogmatically; with an air of contempt. – Clarendon.
Haughtiness; an overbearing temper or manner.