superactivity

noun — 2 senses

superactivity

noun

Etymology From super- + activity or superactive + -ity.

1

A state of heightened or excessive activity.

  • enzyme superactivity
2

A scout group activity involving adventure away from home.

  • There were also joint workshops, on such practical items as superactivities, money earning projects, officers' seminars, and recruiting new members.1971, Scouting (volume 59, number 2, March-April 1971, page 12)
  • Probably the most common visitor was the Boy Scout. In the 1940s, Boy Scout leaders in Salt Lake City had searched for a superactivity to count as the final requirement for the Explorer badge.1999, Jared Farmer, Glen Canyon dammed: inventing Lake Powell and the Canyon Country, page 103:

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