Associations to the word «Superfluous»
Noun
- Ptolemy
- Kernel
- Argument
- Wealth
- Justification
- Detail
- Nay
- Edifice
- Abundance
- Ai
- Wretch
- Revelation
- Clause
- Humour
- Closet
- Wherefore
- Gesture
- Salvation
- Assent
- Labour
- Convenience
- Proposition
- Rendering
- Reviewer
- Invention
- Sacrament
- Testimony
- Intellect
- Elimination
- Lust
- Inference
- Word
- Syllable
- Contrary
- Proportion
- Reject
- Ordinance
- Obstruction
- Flourish
- Excess
- Arising
- Insult
- Ideal
- Nature
- Explanation
- Consideration
- Question
- Folly
- Habit
- Assertion
- Drain
- Principle
- Spelling
Adjective
Wiktionary
SUPERFLUOUS, adjective. In excess of what is required or sufficient.
SUPERFLUOUS INTERVAL, noun. (music) An interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone.
Dictionary definition
SUPERFLUOUS, adjective. Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence".
SUPERFLUOUS, adjective. More than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.