supermuscanadj.
/ˌsuːpəˈmʌsk(ə)n/, /ˌsjuːpəˈmʌsk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈməsk(ə)n/ Now rare.
Greater than or transcending that which is typical of a fly. Of a fly: that is superior to a typical fly.
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1900 Mansfield (Ohio) News 1 Aug. 7/4 One poor fellow near the edge, with supermuscan strength drags himself free to the plain paper, and..he pauses for breath ere he can plume his gummy wings for flight.
a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) lxxx. 370 I..saw a fly alight on..hot coffee on which the milk had formed a thin skin... I noted with what..almost supermuscan effort he..made for the edge of the cup.
1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic xv. 208 The Bees which buzzed..throughout the Papal City, resembling super~muscan flies perched on the walls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1900- out of a clear sky
- out of a job
- out of a person's books
- out of a person's expectation
- out of a person's expectations
- out of a person's fingers
- out of a person's game
- out of a person's governance
- out of a person's head
- out of a person's knowledge
- out of a person's lash
- out of a person's own head
- out of a person's reach
- out of a person's reverence
- out of a person's road
- out of a view to
- out of accord
- out of action
- out of alignment
- out of all cesse
- out of all comparison
- out of all cry
- out of all cure
- out of all ho
- out of all knowledge