Xsuperfiuit, superfluite, super flu i tie

[Fr. super flu ité, from Lat. superfluitatem, acc us. of super flu it as, from super flu us superfluous (q. v.); Sp. super flu i dad; Ital. super flu it a.] 1. The quality or state of being superfluous. "Grose disease Soone growes through humour's super flu i tie." Spenser: Ruins of Rome. 2. A quantity that is superfluous or in exce ; a quantity greater than is needed; superabundance, redundancy. "The superfluity and waste of wit."-Dryden: Evening's Love. (Pref.) 3. Something more or beyond what is nece ary; something used or kept for show luxury rather than for comfort or nece ity; something which could easily be dispensed with. "Nor did anything we offered them appear acceptable but beads, as an ornamental superfluity of life."- Cook : First Voyage, bk. i., ch. v. For the difference between superfluity and ex ce , see ExCESS. sū-per-fiû-ous, a . [Lat. super flu us = overflowing, from super =above, over, and fluo to flow; Fr. super flu; Sp. & Port. superfluo .] 1. More than is nece ary or sufficient; unnece ary, from being in exce of what is needed; exce ive, superabundant, redundant. "Superfluous branches we lop away." Shakesp.: Richard II ., iii. 4. *2. Overflowing, exuberant. "Dout them with superfluous courage." Shakesp.: Henry V., iv. 2. *3. Too great or high; exce ive. "Purchased at a superfluous rate." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., 1. 1. *4. Having more than is nece ary; supplied with superfluities. "The superfluous and lust-dieted man." Shakesp.: Lear , iv. 1. *5. Unnece arily concerned about anything. "I see no reason why thou shouldst be so superfluous to demand the time of the day." - Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . I., i. 2. superfluous-interval, s. 3936 sü-per-flû-ous-ly, adv . [Eng. superfluous ;-ly.] In a superfluous manner or degree; in or to a degree beyond what is nece ary; with, to, or in exce . "Doing nothing superfluously or in vain."-More: Antidote against Atheism , bk. ii., ch. ix. sū-per-flû-ous-ne , sub. [Eng. superfluous; -ne . The quality or state of being superfluous; superfluity. *sü'-për-flux, sub . [Pref. super- , and Eng. flux (q. v.).] That which is superfluous, or is more than is wanted; a superfluity. "Leavings of life, the superflux of death." A. C. Swinburne: Tristram of Lyone e. (Prel.) sü-per-fœ-tā-tion, s . [SUPERFETATION.] sü-per-fō-li-a-tion, s . [Pref. super- , and Eng. foliation (q.v.).] Exce ive foliation. "This, in the pathology of plants, may be the disease of super foliation , mentioned by Theophrastus."-Browne: Miscellany Tract i. sù-per-fron-tal, sub. [Pref. super-, and Eng. frontal (q. v.).] Eccles. The part of an altar-cloth that covers the top, as distinguished from the antependium, or part which hangs down in front. *sü-per-fûşe', v . t . [Lat. superfusus , pa. par. of super fun do =to pour over or upon: super =over, and fun do to pour.] To pour over or on the top of. "Pouring first a very cold liquor into a gla , and then superfusing on it another."-Evelyn: Diary, Dec. 13, 1685. sü-për-heat, v . t . [Pref. super- , and Eng. heat , v. (q. v.)] Το heat to an extreme degree, or to a very high temperature; specifically, to heat, as steam, apart from contact with water until it resembles a perfect gas. [STEAM.] sū-per-heat-ěd, pa. par. or a. [SUPERHEAT.] superheated-steam, s. Physics: Steam to which an additional amount of heat has been given to that required for its production from water. No advantage is gained by heating steam above 315° Fahr. sū-per-heat-er, subst. [Pref. super-, and Eng. heater (q. v.).) Steam Engin .: A contrivance for increasing the temperature of the steam to the amount it would lose on its way from the boiler until exhausted from the cylinder. This end is frequently attained by making the steam travel through a number of small tubes several times acro the uptake or foot of the chimney before it enters the steam-pipe. *sü-për-her-ě-sỹ, subst . [Pref.super-, and Eng. heresy. A heresy arising out of a former heresy; the further corruption of erroneous teaching. "Even in the doctrines heretical there will be super heresies."-Browne: Religio Medici , sect. 8. su-per-hive, subst. [Pref. super-, and Eng. hive (q. v.).] A kind of upper story to a hive, remov able at pleasure. sū-per-hū-man, adj. [Pref. super-, and Eng. human.] Above or beyond what is human; above the power or nature of man.