Supererogatory

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supererogatory \Su`per*e*rog"a*to*ry\, a.
     Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty
     or necessity; as, supererogatory services. --Howell.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  supererogatory
       adj : more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose
             excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the
             dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be
             thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by
             technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room";
             "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory
             of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary)
             words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary
             internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the
             needy" [syn: {excess}, {extra}, {redundant}, {spare}, {superfluous},
              {supernumerary}, {surplus}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "supererogatory":
     de trop, dispensable, excess, expendable, expletive, gratuitous,
     in excess, needless, nonessential, pleonastic, prolix, redundant,
     spare, superfluous, supernumerary, tautologic, tautologous,
     to spare, unasked, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary,
     unneeded, verbose, wanton