superfluous

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /suːˈpɜːflu.əs/, /sjʊˈpɜːflu.əs/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /suˈpɝflu.əs/

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superfluous (comparative more superfluous, superlative most superfluous)

1. In excess of what is required or sufficient.

   With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous.

• excessive, extraneous, extra, pleonastic, supernumerary, surplus, unnecessary, extravagant

• gratuitous

• superfluous interval
• superfluous man

• superflux
• superfluity
• mellifluous