supervacaneous

== English == === Etymology === From Latin supervacāneus; compare Italian supervacaneo, Portuguese supervacâneo, Spanish supervacáneo. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: so͞o'pərvəkāʹnĭəs, syo͞o'pərvəkāʹnĭəs, IPA(key): /ˌsuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs/, /ˌsjuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌsuːpəɹvəˈkeɪnɪəs/ === Adjective === supervacaneous (not comparable) (now rare) Added above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant. 1972, Aiko Itō and Graeme Wilson, translating Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (2002 combined edition, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, volume one, chapter III, page 152: If I were simply to discuss noses in disregard of their relation to other entities, then I would declare without fear of contradiction that the nose of Mrs. Goldfield is superb, superlative, and, though possibly supervacaneous, one well-placed to win first prize at any exhibition of nasal development which might be organized by the long-nosed goblins on Mount Kurama. ==== Synonyms ==== pleonastic, redundant, superfluous, supervacaneal (obsolete), supervacuous (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== supervacaneously, supervacaneousness ==== Translations ==== === References === “supervacaneous, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]