superbuoyant

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ buoyant

Adjective[edit]

superbuoyant (comparative more superbuoyant, superlative most superbuoyant)

  1. Extremely buoyant.
    • 2009 August 4, Karen Crouse, “Redefining Fast at the ‘Plastic Games’”, in New York Times[1]:
      Mark Schubert, the general manager of the United States team, quipped that these world championships would be remembered as the Plastic Games, a reference to the superbuoyant polyurethane suits worn by all but three of the swimmers here who set world records in Olympic events.