superabundant

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-lbor.

English super-

English abundant

English superabundant

From super- + abundant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌs(j)uːpə(ɹ)ˈəbʌndənt/

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Adjective

superabundant (not comparable)

1. Extremely or exceedingly abundant.

   At one time were bison on the American plains not merely abundant but superabundant: they seemed inexhaustible.

   • 1596, Tho[mas] Nashe, “Dialogus”, in Haue with You to Saffron-Walden. Or, Gabriell Harveys Hunt is Up. […], London: […] John Danter, →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Have with You to Saffron-Walden (Miscellaneous Tracts; Temp. Eliz. and Jac. I), [London: s.n., 1870], →OCLC, page 71:

     Cornead. The ſpirit of foolery out of this Archibald Rupenrope he ſhall never be able to caſt, were the nectar of his eloquence a thouſand times more ſuperabundant, inceſſant ſourding.

2. (number theory) Being or relating to a superabundant number.

Derived terms

• superabundantly

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: superabundante (es)

Latin

Verb

superabundant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of superabundō