Superfluous \Su*per"flu*ous\, a. [L. superfluus overflowing;
super over, above + fluere to flow. See Super-, and
Fluent.]
More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by
superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a
superfluous price. --Shak.
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An authority which makes all further argument or
illustration superfluous. --E. Everett.
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Superfluous interval (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a
major or perfect interval by a semitone.
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Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant;
needless.
[1913 Webster] -- Su*per"flu*ous*ly, adv. --
Su*per"flu*ous*ness, n.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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