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ˌsuper-suˈperlative, a. (n.)
[super- 4 a.]
‘More than superlative’; of the very highest quality or degree. Also n., a degree beyond the superlative.
1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wonders 65 Supersuperlatiue knauery. 1642Vicars God in Mount (1644) 11 The Archbishops super-superlative power. 1658–9in Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 198 Union is most desirable with brethren Protestants; nay, Protestants of the best profession in the world. This is super-superlative. 1767S. Paterson Another Trav. I. 422 His highest taste—That super-superlative gout. 1801Southey Let. to J. Rickman 20 Nov., We must create a super-superlative to reach the idea of his magnitude.
Hence ˌsuper-suˈperlatively adv.
1641‘Smectymnuus’ Vind. Answ. Pref. A 4 b, Men so transcendently perfidious, and so supersuperlatively unfaithfull. 1648E. Simmons in T. Wodenote Herm. Theol. Pref. A ix b, The malitious Jews..were not so super-superlatively vile as to consult his [sc. Christ's] death because he was content in their stead..to be accounted as a sinner. |