English-Thai Dictionary

superfluous

ADJ ฟุ่มเฟือย  สุรุ่ยสุร่าย  extravagant luxurious lavish fuam-fuai

 

superfluous

ADJ มากเกินไป  เกิน ขีด  มาก เกิน พอ  มาก เกินควร  excessive extra redundant scanty lacking mak-koen-pai

 

superfluous

ADJ ไม่จำเป็น  ไม่สำคัญ  ไม่มี สาระ  needless unnecessary necessary mai-jam-pen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPERFLUOUS

a.[L. superfluus, overflowing; super and fluo, to flow. ] 1. More than is wanted; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; as a superfluous supply of corn.
2. More than sufficient; unnecessary; useless; as a composition abounding with superfluous words. Superfluous epithets rather enfeeble than strengthen description. If what has been said will not convince, it would be superfluous to say more.
Superfluous interval, in music, is one that exceeds a true diatonic interval by a semitone minor.
Superfluous polygamy, (Polygamia superflua,) a kind of inflorescence or compound flower, in which the florets of the disk are hermaphrodite and fertile, and those of the ray, though female or pistiliferous only, are also fertile; designating the second order of the class Syngenesia of Linne.
Superfluous sound or tone, is one which contains a semitone minor more than a tone.

 

SUPERFLUOUSLY

adv. With excess; in a degree beyond what is necessary.

 

SUPERFLUOUSNESS

n.The state of being superfluous or beyond what is wanted.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUPERFLUOUS

Su *per "flu *ous, a. Etym: [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See Super-, and Fluent. ]

 

Defn: More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. E. Everett. Superfluous interval (Mus. ), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone.

 

Syn. -- Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant; needless. -- Su *per "flu *ous *ly, adv. -- Su *per "flu *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

superfluous

su per flu ous |so͞oˈpərfləwəs suːˈpɜːrfluəs | ▶adjective unnecessary, esp. through being more than enough: the purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information. DERIVATIVES su per flu ous ly adverb, su per flu ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin superfluus, from super- ‘over ’ + fluere ‘to flow. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

superfluous

superfluous |suːˈpəːflʊəs sjuː -| ▶adjective unnecessary, especially through being more than enough: the purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information. DERIVATIVES superfluously adverb, superfluousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin superfluus, from super- ‘over ’ + fluere ‘to flow ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

superfluous

superfluous adjective 1 superfluous material: surplus (to requirements ), nonessential, redundant, unneeded, excess, extra, (to ) spare, remaining, unused, left over, in excess, waste. ANTONYMS necessary, essential. 2 words seemed superfluous: unnecessary, unneeded, redundant, uncalled for, unwarranted. ANTONYMS necessary.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

superfluous

superfluous adjective 1 a tool for removing superfluous material: surplus, redundant, unneeded, not required, excess, extra, spare, to spare, remaining, unused, left over; useless, unproductive, undue, in excess, surplus to requirements; expendable, disposable, dispensable, unwanted, waste. ANTONYMS necessary, essential. 2 Charlie gave him a look that made words superfluous: unnecessary, needless, unneeded, inessential, pointless, redundant, uncalled for, unwarranted, unjustified, gratuitous. ANTONYMS necessary, essential.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

superfluous

su per flu ous /suːpə́ː r fluəs , ｟英 ｠sjuː / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 形容詞 more ～; most ～｟かたく ｠余分な , 余計な ; 不必要な , むだな ▸ remove superfluous words 余計な言葉を削除する ～ly 副詞 余分に ; 不必要に .～ness 名詞