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单词 superflux
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superfluxn.

Brit. /ˈsuːpəflʌks/, /ˈsjuːpəflʌks/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌfləks/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin superfluxus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin superfluxus surplus (1572 or earlier) < classical Latin super- + fluxus flux n. Compare earlier superflue n., superfluity n.The following Older Scots quot. apparently shows a different word, with the meaning ‘waste product’, probably formed < super- prefix + flux n., with a plural form fluces by analogy with e.g. classical Latin crux cross n., nux nut (see nuci- comb. form), etc.:c1420 in C. Innes Liber S. Marie de Calchou (1846) II. 449 In man ar iij principal partis and membris the hart the leuer & the harnys & ilkane of thir has his clengyng plas quhare he may out his superfluces & clenge him.
1. An unnecessary or excess amount of something; a surplus.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > excessive quantity or amount
overchargea1325
outrakea1400
surcharge1603
superflux1608
overquantitya1626
overflux1633
gluta1652
overdose1700
excresce1707
overseta1715
embarras de richesse1750
sickener1809
embarras de choix1825
richesse1875
basinful1935
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 32 Take physicke pompe, Expose thy selfe to feele what wretches feele, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them.
a1626 W. Rowley New Wonder (1632) i. i. B 3 To groane under the superflux of blessings.
1712 H. Curzon Universal Libr. I. 506 Jaundies, if yellow, is from spread of the Gall or Superflux thereof.
1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. cix. 32 Shall they steal their own necessaries from the superflux of another?
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. ii. 27 Hadst thou but thrown to them the superflux of that abundance, in which..thou rolledst.
1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 28 If nothing else could be said for a feast, this is sufficient, that from the superflux there is usually something left for the next day.
1872 R. Browning Fifine xliv Art..discards the superflux, Contributes to defect.
a1938 T. Wolfe Web & Rock (1939) vii. xlvi. 660 That swarming multitude of Gothic print, that staggering superflux of German culture, maddened him with an intolerable and impossible hunger for possession.
1999 Evening Standard (Nexis) 15 June 15 The other 600-odd members of the Commons are a time-wasting and expensive superflux.
2. An overflow of water. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [noun]
wellinga1425
overflow1589
restagnation1623
superflux1760
overflooding1881
outpour1897
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun]
streamc950
water floodOE
floodc1000
waterOE
diluvya1325
waterganga1325
flowinga1340
delugec1374
diluvec1386
Noah's floodc1390
overflowing1430
inundation1432
flowa1450
surrounding1449
over-drowninga1500
spate1513
float1523
drowning1539
ravine1545
alluvion1550
surundacion1552
watershot1567
overflow1589
ravage1611
inunding1628
surroundera1642
water breach1669
flooding1799
debacle1802
diluviation1816
deluging1824
superflux1830
whelm1842
come1862
floodage1862
sheet-flood1897
flash flooding1939
flash-flood1940
1760 S. Derrick Lett. (1767) I. 102 Another very remarkable waterfall is the superflux of a collection of water on the top of the high mountain of Mongerlogh.
1830 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 7 Sept. 498/2 For all its water..it [sc. Egypt] is indebted to the annual superflux of the Nile.
1901 Rep. Lands Settlement Comm. S. Afr. 293/1 The extent of the ground on the Orange Free State bank that would be affected by the superflux occasioned by the weir.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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