supererogative
/ˌsuːpərˌɛrəˈrɒɡətɪv/ /ˌs(j)uːpərˌɛrəˈrɒɡətɪv/Now rare
adjective
More than is needed or required, superfluous; = supererogatory.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Taverner (?1505–1575), translator and evangelical reformer. From post-classical Latin supererogativus from supererogat-, past participial stem of supererogare + classical Latin -īvus.
- parachute regiment
- parachute tower
- parachute training
- parachute wings
- parachutic
- parachutism
- parachutist
- paracinesis
- paracladium
- Paraclete
- paraclinical
- paracmastic
- paracme
- paracolic
- paracondyloid
- paracone
- paraconformable
- paraconformity
- paraconic acid
- paraconid
- paracorolla
- paracresol
- Para cress
- paracrine
- paracrystal