superfluous
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/suːˈpɜːflu.əs/
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/suːˈpɜːflu.əs/ · /sjʊˈpɜːflu.əs/ · /suˈpɝflu.əs/ · /səˈpɜːflu.əs/
Definition of superfluous
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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In excess of what is required or sufficient.
“With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous.”
“Then I began to play in timid fashion, venturing only twenty or thirty gulden at a time. Meanwhile, I observed and took notes. It seemed to me that calculation was superfluous, and by no means possessed of the importance which certain other players attached to it, even though they sat with ruled papers in their hands, whereon they set down the coups, calculated the chances, reckoned, staked, and—lost exactly as we more simple mortals did who played without any reckoning at all.”
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Etymology
From Middle English superfluous, from Latin superfluus (“superfluous”), from superfluō (“overflow”), from super (“above, more than, over”) + fluō (“flow”). Compare mellifluous and fluid, also from Latin. Literally corresponds to overflow, which is from Germanic, rather than Latin.
Words you can make from superfluous
200+ playable · top: SULFUREOUS (13 pts)
Best play sulfureous 13 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
3 words7-letter words
19 words6-letter words
45 words- PURFLE 11 pts
- FLOURS 9 pts
- FLUORS 9 pts
- FOULER 9 pts
- FUSELS 9 pts
- FUSSER 9 pts
- RUEFUL 9 pts
- RUFOUS 9 pts
- SULFUR 9 pts
- USEFUL 9 pts
- LOPERS 8 pts
- LOUPES 8 pts
- LUPOUS 8 pts
- OPUSES 8 pts
- PLUSES 8 pts
- POLERS 8 pts
- POSERS 8 pts
- POSEUR 8 pts
- PROLES 8 pts
- PROSES 8 pts
- PULERS 8 pts
- PULSER 8 pts
- PULSES 8 pts
- PURSES 8 pts
- PURSUE 8 pts
- SLOPER 8 pts
- SLOPES 8 pts
- SLURPS 8 pts
- SPLORE 8 pts
- SPORES 8 pts
- SPOUSE 8 pts
- SPRUES 8 pts
- SUPERS 8 pts
- UPROSE 8 pts
- USURPS 8 pts
- LESSOR 6 pts
- LOSERS 6 pts
- LOUSES 6 pts
- OUSELS 6 pts
- ROUSES 6 pts
- SEROUS 6 pts
- SOLEUS 6 pts
- SORELS 6 pts
- SOUSER 6 pts
- URUSES 6 pts
5-letter words
91 words- FLOPS 10 pts
- PELFS 10 pts
- POUFS 10 pts
- PROFS 10 pts
- FLOES 8 pts
- FLOSS 8 pts
- FLOUR 8 pts
- FLUES 8 pts
- FLUOR 8 pts
- FORES 8 pts
- FOSSE 8 pts
- FOULS 8 pts
- FOURS 8 pts
- FROES 8 pts
- FUELS 8 pts
- FURLS 8 pts
- FUSEL 8 pts
- FUSES 8 pts
- ROLFS 8 pts
- SELFS 8 pts
- SERFS 8 pts
- SULFO 8 pts
- SURFS 8 pts
- LOPER 7 pts
- LOPES 7 pts
- LOUPE 7 pts
- LOUPS 7 pts
- LUPUS 7 pts
- PESOS 7 pts
- POLER 7 pts
- POLES 7 pts
- PORES 7 pts
- POSER 7 pts
- POSES 7 pts
- POSSE 7 pts
- POURS 7 pts
- PRESS 7 pts
- PROLE 7 pts
- PROSE 7 pts
- PROSS 7 pts
- PULER 7 pts
- PULES 7 pts
- PULSE 7 pts
- PURLS 7 pts
- PURSE 7 pts
- PUSES 7 pts
- REPOS 7 pts
- ROPES 7 pts
- ROUPS 7 pts
- SLOPE 7 pts
- SLOPS 7 pts
- SLURP 7 pts
- SOUPS 7 pts
- SPORE 7 pts
- SPRUE 7 pts
- SPUES 7 pts
- SPURS 7 pts
- SUPER 7 pts
- SUPES 7 pts
- USURP 7 pts
- EUROS 5 pts
- LOESS 5 pts
- LORES 5 pts
- LOSER 5 pts
- LOSES 5 pts
- LOURS 5 pts
- LOUSE 5 pts
- LURES 5 pts
- LUSUS 5 pts
- ORLES 5 pts
- OUSEL 5 pts
- ROLES 5 pts
- ROSES 5 pts
- ROUES 5 pts
- ROUSE 5 pts
- RULES 5 pts
- RUSES 5 pts
- SLOES 5 pts
- SLUES 5 pts
- SLURS 5 pts
- SOLES 5 pts
- SOLUS 5 pts
- SOREL 5 pts
- SORES 5 pts
- SORUS 5 pts
- SOULS 5 pts
- SOURS 5 pts
- SOUSE 5 pts
- SUERS 5 pts
- SULUS 5 pts
- USERS 5 pts
4-letter words
40 words- FLOP 9 pts
- FOPS 9 pts
- PELF 9 pts
- FESS 7 pts
- FEUS 7 pts
- FLOE 7 pts
- FLUE 7 pts
- FLUS 7 pts
- FOES 7 pts
- FORE 7 pts
- FOSS 7 pts
- FOUL 7 pts
- FOUR 7 pts
- FROE 7 pts
- FUEL 7 pts
- FURL 7 pts
- FURS 7 pts
- FUSE 7 pts
- FUSS 7 pts
- EPOS 6 pts
- LOPE 6 pts
- LOPS 6 pts
- LOUP 6 pts
- OPES 6 pts
- OPUS 6 pts
- PESO 6 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- EURO 4 pts
- LESS 4 pts
- LORE 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- LOSS 4 pts
- LOUR 4 pts
- LUES 4 pts
- LURE 4 pts
- OLES 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- ORLE 4 pts
- OSES 4 pts
- OURS 4 pts
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