supererogatory
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From Latin superērogātōrius (“supererogatory”), from superērogātiō (“payment in addition”), from superērogō (“pay out over and above”), from super (“above”) + ērogō (“pay out, expend”); from ex (“out of, from”) + rogō (“ask; request”).
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- IPA: /suːpərɛˈrɒɡətəri/
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supererogatory (comparative more supererogatory, superlative most supererogatory)
- pertaining to supererogation, or doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in Roman Catholicism
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- 1988: ‘In now you come,’ she ordered, ‘and we make love.’ That seemed supererogatory to David Jones, who, under the gaze of the painted deer, got in there and did as he was told. — Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron
- 2002: It is, for example, not clear whether “love thy enemy” is a precept or a supererogatory counsel.— David Heyd: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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