supererogantadj.

Brit.

/ˌsuːpəˈrɛrəɡ(ə)nt/,

/ˌs(j)uːpəˈrɛrəɡ(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˌsupəˈrɛrəɡ(ə)nt/

Forms: 1500s supererrogant, 1700s– supererogant.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin supererogant-, supererogans, supererogare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin supererogant-, supererogans, present participle of supererogare supererogate v. Compare earlier supereroganting adj., supererogative adj., supererogatory adj.

Now rare.

Going beyond what is needed or required, superfluous; = supererogatory adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > going beyond what is demanded or required

supererogative1538

supererogatory1549

supereroganting?1550

supererogant1588

supererogating1596

supererogate1790

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous > superfluous or unnecessary

wastec1380

voidc1440

superfluousc1450

supererogative1538

supererogatory1549

supervacaneala1575

supervacaneousa1575

supervacuous1577

supernumerary1617

excrescent1633

expletive1656

expletory1679

supererogant1737

ripieno1781

excrescentitious1833

excrescential1849

fifth-wheel1874

1588 E. Bulkley Answere to Ten Frivolous & Foolish Reasons 12 Your works of supererogation (which I may well call supererrogant works).

1737 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible (1749) II. vi. ii. 840/2 Then was this Commission..far from being needless, or supererogant.

1833 N. Amer. Mag. July 141 An assertion, somewhat supererogant, that he had read, with ‘philosophical horror, the history of nations doomed to perpetual slavery’.

1892 Temple Bar May 51 They endeavoured to graft on to the natural goodness of man supererogant virtues.

1988 H. B. Carter Sir Joseph Banks p. x It became apparent that to do so [sc. give references] would be supererogant when so many clues to the origins of the material used were embedded in the body of the text.

Derivatives

supeˈrerogantly adv. [compare post-classical Latin supereroganter (14th cent. in British sources)] beyond what is required, superfluously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > superfluously

tooa1300

superfluly1395

superfluously1557

supererogatorily1641

supervacaneously1657

supererogantly1896

1896 W. Watson To S. W. in Forest in Poems (1897) 4 Is our London..so Super-erogantly fair That yourself it well can spare?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	supererogant
释义	supererogantadj. Brit. /ˌsuːpəˈrɛrəɡ(ə)nt/, /ˌs(j)uːpəˈrɛrəɡ(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌsupəˈrɛrəɡ(ə)nt/ Forms: 1500s supererrogant, 1700s– supererogant. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin supererogant-, supererogans, supererogare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin supererogant-, supererogans, present participle of supererogare supererogate v. Compare earlier supereroganting adj., supererogative adj., supererogatory adj. Now rare. Going beyond what is needed or required, superfluous; = supererogatory adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > going beyond what is demanded or required supererogative1538 supererogatory1549 supereroganting?1550 supererogant1588 supererogating1596 supererogate1790 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous > superfluous or unnecessary wastec1380 voidc1440 superfluousc1450 supererogative1538 supererogatory1549 supervacaneala1575 supervacaneousa1575 supervacuous1577 supernumerary1617 excrescent1633 expletive1656 expletory1679 supererogant1737 ripieno1781 excrescentitious1833 excrescential1849 fifth-wheel1874 1588 E. Bulkley Answere to Ten Frivolous & Foolish Reasons 12 Your works of supererogation (which I may well call supererrogant works). 1737 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible (1749) II. vi. ii. 840/2 Then was this Commission..far from being needless, or supererogant. 1833 N. Amer. Mag. July 141 An assertion, somewhat supererogant, that he had read, with ‘philosophical horror, the history of nations doomed to perpetual slavery’. 1892 Temple Bar May 51 They endeavoured to graft on to the natural goodness of man supererogant virtues. 1988 H. B. Carter Sir Joseph Banks p. x It became apparent that to do so [sc. give references] would be supererogant when so many clues to the origins of the material used were embedded in the body of the text. Derivatives supeˈrerogantly adv. [compare post-classical Latin supereroganter (14th cent. in British sources)] beyond what is required, superfluously. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > superfluously tooa1300 superfluly1395 superfluously1557 supererogatorily1641 supervacaneously1657 supererogantly1896 1896 W. Watson To S. W. in Forest in Poems (1897) 4 Is our London..so Super-erogantly fair That yourself it well can spare? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1588
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