superflux
noun/ˈsuːpə(ɹ)flʌks/
Etymology From Latin superfluxus, from superfluō (“overflow”).
1
An overabundance; a great amount
- Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more just.1608, 1619, 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 4:
- There she lay, With brow so pale,—who yester-morn breath'd forth Through joyous smiles her superflux of bliss Into the hearts of others.1842, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Lost Sister, page 58:
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- Intense device, and superflux of pain1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Anactoria, line 28:
- Related terms
- superfluous