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"etymology_text": "From Middle English superfluous, from Latin superfluus (“superfluous”), from superfluō (“overflow”), from super (“above, more than, over”) + fluō (“flow”). Compare mellifluous and fluid, also from Latin. Literally corresponds to overflow, which is from Germanic, rather than Latin.",
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"text": "With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous.",
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"word": "excessive"
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"word": "extraneous"
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{
"word": "extra"
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "needless"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "avelord",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ավելորդ"
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{
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "izlišen",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "излишен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "多餘"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "overflødig"
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{
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superflua"
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "liiallinen"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "überflüssig"
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "túlzott"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ofaukinn"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ónauðsynlegur"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "iomarcach"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superfluo"
},
{
"alt": "じょうちょうな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jōchō na",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "冗長な"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "supervacuus"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superfluus"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "supervacāneus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superforāneus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "lieks"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "overflødig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "overflødig"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ziyâdi",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "زیادی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "niepotrzebny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "zbyteczny"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "nadmierny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "supérfluo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superfluu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "de prisos"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "líšnij",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ли́шний"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "изли́шний"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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"word": "су̏вӣшан"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"tags": [
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"word": "sȕvīšan"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superfluo"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "överflödig"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zájvyj",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "за́йвий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "dư thừa"
}
]
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "avelord",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ավելորդ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superfluu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izlišen",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "излишен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nenužen",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ненужен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superflu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "多餘"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duōyú",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "多余"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "zbytečný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "nadbytečný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "overflødig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "overtollig"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "overdadig"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "overvloedig"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superflua"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ylenpalttinen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "tarpeeton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ylitsevuotavainen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "liiallinen"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superflu"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superfluo"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "überflüssig"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"word": "περιττός"
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "perissós",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "περισσός"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "felesleges"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "fölösleges"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "túlzott"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ofaukinn"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ónauðsynlegur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superflua"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "iomarcach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superfluo"
},
{
"alt": "じょうちょうな",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "jōchō na",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
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},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "supervacuus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superfluus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "supervacāneus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superforāneus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "lieks"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "overflødig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "overflødig"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ziyâdi",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "زیادی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "niepotrzebny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "zbyteczny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "nadmierny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "supérfluo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superfluu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "de prisos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "líšnij",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "ли́шний"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izlíšnij",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "изли́шний"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "су̏вӣшан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sȕvīšan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "superfluo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "överflödig"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zájvyj",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "за́йвий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "excess of what is sufficient",
"word": "dư thừa"
}
],
"word": "superfluous"
}
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