superfluity

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Something superfluous, as a luxury.
  3. (countable, rare, uncountable) Collective noun for a group of nuns.

Opposé de
necessity
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˌsuː.pəˈfluː.ɪ.ti/
Étymologie (Anglais)

From superflu(ous) + -ity, Old French superfluite, from Medieval Latin superfluitas, from Latin superfluus.

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