supernumerary

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From the Late Latin supernumarius “excessively high in number” from super “above; beyond” + numerum accusative of numerum “number”

[edit] Noun

supernumerary (plural supernumeraries)

1. A civil designation for somebody who works in a group, association or public office, without forming part of the regular staff; those distinguished from numerary. (For example, supernumerary judges are those who help the regular judges when there is a surplus amount of work.)
2. An extra or walk-on in a film or play; spear-carrier.

[edit] Adjective

supernumerary (not comparable)

1. Extra; beyond the standard or prescribed amount.
   • 1948: Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence, page 74: 1949 “Chatto & Windus” edition; 1972 “Harper & Row” edition

     Over close-ups of little faces with hare lips, little trunks with stumps instead of legs and arms, little hands with clusters of supernumerary fingers, little bodies adorned with a double row of nipples, we hear the voice of the Narrator.

2. Greater in number than.
3. Beyond what is necessary.

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Translations

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