supravulgar

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English

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Etymology

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From supra- +‎ vulgar.

Adjective

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supravulgar (comparative more supravulgar, superlative most supravulgar)

  1. (archaic) Above the vulgar or common people.
    • 1697, Jeremy Collier, Essays upon Several Moral Subjects:
      none of these Motives can prevail with a Man, to furnish himself with Supravulgar and Noble Quialities

References

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supravulgar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.