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ˈsuperaˈcute, a. and n.
[In A., f. super- 9 + acute a. In B., ad. med.L. superacūta (sc. nota).]
A. adj. Excessively acute.
1679Alsop Melius Inq. ii. v. 307 As if some Superacute Philosopher should undertake to prove that because eating and sleeping are subordinate to Health and Life, therefore we ought to lay very little stress on them. 1912D. Crawford Thinking Black xix. 388 These superacute senses of the raw bush negro.
†B. n. Mus. The highest note of the gamut.
1504W. Cornysshe Treat. Inform. & Mus. xix. in Herrig Archiv (1908) CXX. 425 Enformacione will steteche [sic] a doctor hys game, from superacute to the doble diaspason. |