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発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːpə(ɹ)flʌks/

名詞

superflux (複数形 superfluxes)

1. An overabundance; a great amount

   Synonyms: superabundance, great deal, lots; see also Thesaurus:excess, Thesaurus:lot

   • 1608, 1619, 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 4:

     Take physic, pomp;
     Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
     That thou mayst shake the superflux to them
     And show the heavens more just.

   • 1842, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Lost Sister, page 58:

     There she lay,
     With brow so pale,—who yester-morn breath'd forth
     Through joyous smiles her superflux of bliss
     Into the hearts of others.

   • 1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Anactoria, line 28:

     Intense device, and superflux of pain

関連する語

• superfluous