superfluous

Meaning

Adjective

In excess of what is required or sufficient.

Related

Similar words

excessive, extraneous, extra, pleonastic, supernumerary, surplus, unnecessary, extravagant

Origin

From Middle English superfluous, from Latin superfluus ("superfluous"), from superfluō, from super + fluō. Compare mellifluous and fluid, also from Latin. Literally corresponds to overflow, which is from Germanic, rather than Latin.

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