superflux
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuːpə(ɹ)flʌks/
Noun
superflux (plural superfluxes)
- An overabundance; a great amount
- Synonyms: superabundance, great deal, lots; see also Thesaurus:excess, Thesaurus:lot
- 1608, 1619, 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 4:
- Take physic, pomp;
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
That thou mayst shake the superflux to them
And show the heavens more just.
- 1842, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Lost Sister, page 58:
- There she lay,
With brow so pale,—who yester-morn breath'd forth
Through joyous smiles her superflux of bliss
Into the hearts of others.
- 1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Anactoria, line 28:
- Intense device, and superflux of pain
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