superflux

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English

Etymology

From Latin superfluxus, from superfluō (overflow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuːpə(ɹ)flʌks/

Noun

superflux (plural superfluxes)

  1. An overabundance; a great amount
    Synonyms: superabundance, great deal, lots; see also Thesaurus:excess, Thesaurus:lot
    • 1608, 1619, 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 4:
      Take physic, pomp;
      Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
      That thou mayst shake the superflux to them
      And show the heavens more just.
    • 1842, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Lost Sister, page 58:
      There she lay,
      With brow so pale,—who yester-morn breath'd forth
      Through joyous smiles her superflux of bliss
      Into the hearts of others.
    • 1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Anactoria, line 28:
      Intense device, and superflux of pain