ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Supernumerous

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Supernumerous is an adjective meaning Being one of too many; redundant.

Meaning

Being one of too many; redundant.

Example Sentences

Some vvill vvonder, that Empſon and Dudley (the Royal Promoters then in prime) did not catch him [Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden] by the Collar, or pick an hole in his Govvn, upon the breach of ſome ruſty ſumptuary Statute; the rather, becauſe lately the Earl of Oxford vvas heavily fined for ſupernumerous attendance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include supernumerary, countless, recountless, multitudinous, innumerable, overplentiful.

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