Definition of super

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Super- () A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-..

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Superfluity :: Superfluity (n.) The state or quality of being superfluous; excess.
Haughty :: Haughty (superl.) High; lofty; bold.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak..
Ottawas :: Ottawas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior..
Superconsequence :: Superconception (n.) Superfetation.
Petard :: Petard (n.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded..
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman..
Caput :: Caput (n.) The top or superior part of a thing.
Mangy :: Mangy (superl.) Infected with the mange; scabby.
Area :: Area (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle..
Ripe :: Ripe (superl.) Ready for action or effect; prepared.
Pure :: Pure (superl.) Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion..
Cool :: Cool (superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount..
Noble :: Noble (superl.) Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice..
Middest :: Middest (superl.) Situated most nearly in the middle; middlemost; midmost.
Strange :: Strange (superl.) Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple..
Abundance :: Abundance (n.) An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number..
Strait :: Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad.
Supervised :: Supervisal (n.) Supervision.
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