Superfluousness

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

  Superfluous \Su*per"flu*ous\, a. [L. superfluus overflowing;
     super over, above + fluere to flow. See {Super-}, and
     {Fluent}.]
     More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by
     superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a
     superfluous price. --Shak.


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           An authority which makes all further argument or
           illustration superfluous.                --E. Everett.
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     {Superfluous interval} (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a
        major or perfect interval by a semitone.
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     Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant;
          needless.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ly}, adv. --
          {Su*per"flu*ous*ness}, n.
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