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superfluity in Catalan

superfluity in Catalan is superfluïtat — superfluity means the state of having far more of something than is needed.

superfluity in Catalan

superfluïtat
noun

What does "superfluity" mean?

  1. noun The state of having far more of something than is needed.
    "Each stores has its own storekeeper, a clerk who specializes in organizing his department so that there is not a superfluity of one article and a scarcity of another."
  2. noun An extra item that is not really necessary, such as a luxury.
  3. noun The collective term for a number of nuns.
    "These probably mark the dwelling of a colony, or to speak more precisely, according to Dame Juliana Berners, a superfluity of nuns from Godstow, which nunnery had a cell there, and was patron of the living."
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superfluity in a sentence

  • Each stores has its own storekeeper, a clerk who specializes in organizing his department so that there is not a superfluity of one article and a scarcity of another.
  • These probably mark the dwelling of a colony, or to speak more precisely, according to Dame Juliana Berners, a superfluity of nuns from Godstow, which nunnery had a cell there, and was patron of the living.
  • Alice put Anna back on the shelf and turned up the volume on the TV, where a local news reporter was imparting a salutary tale of woe involving a superfluity of nuns who'd got into a scrape at a crab festival.

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What is "superfluity" in Catalan?
"superfluity" in Catalan is superfluïtat. superfluity means: The state of having far more of something than is needed.
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