单词 | superabundant |
释义 | superabundantadj. 1. In negative sense. More than what is usual, sufficient, or required; too abundant, excessive.Now sometimes used as a more formal or literary term for overabundant adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree overmeteeOE unmeeteOE unimeteOE unmethelyOE over-mickleOE hoflesc1175 overmucha1300 unskilwisea1340 unskilfulc1370 luxuriousc1374 overseemingc1384 superfluec1384 unreasonablea1387 outrageousc1390 over-greatc1390 overlargec1390 overgrowna1398 unmeasurablea1398 unmoderatea1398 unordinatea1398 immoderate1398 rankc1400 overabundantc1410 excessivea1420 superabundant?a1425 unmeasureda1425 superfluousc1475 nimious?c1500 surfeitc1500 overliberala1535 torc1540 exceeding1548 distemperate1557 over-ranka1568 overswelling1582 accessive1583 overaboundinga1600 overteeming1603 excessful1633 overproportionated1647 superproportioned1652 over-proportioned1662 overproportionate1672 unduea1684 unequal1704 unmerciful1707 hypermetric1854 hypertrophied1879 over the top1980 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 175 Putrefactiue medicyn..bringeþ in to it stynking humidite & corrupt..to þe maner of a carioun & estiomenate of superhabundant [L. superabundanti] colde or hete. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xi. sig. Ci Whan the bloode is corrupted, and eyther fleame or Colere..is superhabundaunt, than in the body be ingendred sores & diseases. 1636 in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 281 [Those who have] out of a superaboundant caution,..made some doubts and objections. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Wine Vinegar which has once thrown off the super-abundant earthy parts, and many of the oily ones. 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. ii. sig. Ev The..superabundant attention of these Latin poets to prosodic rules..made them accurate to excess in the metrical conformation of their hexameters. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 363 This forces the superabundant mercury from the amalgam, and renders it solid. 1871 H. Macmillan True Vine v. 216 The leaves..need sometimes to be taken away, as super-abundant foliage would shade the fruit. 1935 ‘A. Bridge’ Illyrian Spring vi. 73 An uncomfortably vivid picture of the retired soldier, devoting his superabundant leisure to leading his family a life. 2010 A. Vargas in M. J. Streufert Transformative Lutheran Theol. iv. vii. 105 The super-abundant diet of the privileged ones in this country. 2. In neutral or positive sense. Very abundant or plentiful; great in quantity, amount, or number.Formerly also: †abounding more than or over something else (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > superabundant superabundantc1475 superaboundinga1513 riotous1573 exsuperant1596 exuberate1638 traboccant1651 exundanta1661 exuberant1664 c1475 Life St. Anne (Trin. Cambr.) (1928) 615 The face of hyr superhabundaunt Vertues. a1500 ( Poems from Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) in F. J. Furnivall Wks. T. Hoccleve: Regement Princes (1897) p. xlix (MED) To þat only was thi talent & thi chiere So suffisaunt..that oure raunsoum were Superhabundaunt over þat was due. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. ttv Of the whiche superhaboundaunt mercy we haue..spoken. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes (1593) 69 I wish vnto thee all superabundant increase. a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 112 The Passion of Christ..was not onely a sufficient, but a superabundant satisfaction for the sinne, of all Mankind. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 249 Out of their superabundant Loyalty. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. ii. 234 Every Nation has its Peculiarities; nor has Ours abundance of Reason to brag of its super-abundant Regularity. 1797 W. Dunlap Tell Truth & shame Devil i. 17 I admire your talents, Sir; I acknowledge your superabundant merit. 1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 149 His gratitude and native modesty dictated a superabundant care in softening and excusing his dissent from those who had been his own instructors. 1897 A. G. Mortimer Catholic Faith & Pract. i. v. 83 His superabundant merits, which are laid up as a rich treasure for His Church. 1916 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 24 366 Their opinions upon industrial affairs were premised upon super-abundant land..and a low cost of living. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 9 Oct. 23/1 Winter grain, which had been subjected to cold temperatures,..reaped a superabundant harvest—triple the ordinary yield. 3. With in. Abounding or superabounding in; having or containing plenty, or too much, of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > oversupplied with something superfluous1531 superabundanta1602 a1602 W. Perkins Comm. Epist. Gal. (1604) vi. 590 We must be exceeding or superabundant in goodnes. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxiv. 222 Vnlesse the mothers seede, do supply or temper, what the fathers was defectiue or superaboundant in. 1782 J. Muirhead Diss. Foederal Trans. between God & Church ii. v. 317 As he is superabundant in mercy, so he reserves it unto thousands. 1878 L. D. Burch Kansas as it Is 68/1 Early visitors expressed their wonder that a region believed to be mostly desert, should be super-abundant in deep-set, rapid streams. 1920 C. Coltman-Rogers Conifers & their Characteristics i. 36 Those Pine trees that are most super-abundant in resinous qualities. 1999 C. Treat Renewing the Mind i. 19 Having the God kind of life—that which is superabundant in quantity, superior in quality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425 |
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