super-superlative

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

super- +‎ superlative

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌsuːpəˈɹsuːˈpɜː.lə.tɪv/, /ˌsuːpəˈɹsjuːˈpɜː.lə.tɪv/

Noun

super-superlative (plural super-superlatives)

  1. (rare) A degree that is beyond the usual superlative; a super-superlative form.

Adjective

super-superlative (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Beyond merely superlative; of the very highest or greatest quality; truly superb.
    • 1823, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction 1823-05-31: Volume 2 Issue 32‎, Open Court Publishing Company, page 29:
      His tongue was eternally running in praise of her super-superlative, never-to-be-described charms, and in hyperbolical accounts of the flames, darts, and daggers by which his luggs, liver, and midriff were burnt up, transfixed, and gnawed away.
    • 1862, Samuel Smith Nicholas, Habeas Corpus, the Law of War, and Confiscation‎, Bradley & Gilbert, page 15:
      His intelligent countrymen will laugh at his ridiculous folly, but they cannot fail to pay the extorted tribute of admiration for his super-superlative impudence.
    • 1877, William Matthews, Hours with Men and Books‎, S.C. Griggs and Company, page 183:
      There are whole pages in his history with hardly an adjective that is not super-superlative.

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