Re: Re: once again...
Originally posted by AndreHAL
Originally posted by john123
A person cannot be "superfluous." Even assuming you intended to imply that I am extra or not needed, *PEOPLE CANNOT BE SUPERFLUOUS!*
Fools. Get some edukashun.
According to the oxford dictionary a person can be superfluous, quote: I soon realized that I was superfluous, and left. You are indeed full of it.
Amusing that you would make that sentence up. Sad even. But anyway......
su·per·flu·ous (s-pûrfl-s)
adj.
Being beyond what is required or sufficient.
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[Middle English, from Old French superflueux, from Latin superfluus, from superfluere, to overflow : super-, super- + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European Roots.]
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su·perflu·ous·ly adv.
su·perflu·ous·ness n.
Synonyms: superfluous, excess, extra, spare, supernumerary, surplus
These adjectives mean being more than is needed, desired, required, or appropriate: delete superfluous words; trying to lose excess weight; found some extra change on the dresser; sleeping in the spare room; supernumerary ornamentation; distributed surplus food to the needy.
superfluous \soo-PER-floo-us\, adjective:
more than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive
-- SUPERFLUOUSLY, adverb
-- SUPERFLUOUSNESS, noun
``And it's hard to realize economies of scale without shedding superfluous jobs. ''
--``The Health of Valley Hospitals: Merger of Holy Cross, Providence Made Sense but Still Caused Pain,'' Los Angeles Times, July 27, 1999
``Power Grubs make a dead skunk smell like a rose by comparison. The `Not for human consumption' warning is superfluous.''
--``Smelly grub a smash,'' Toronto Star, May 1, 1999
``[E]verything superfluous is more noticeable in him [Hemmingway] than in other writers.''
--Gabriel Garcia Marquez, ``Gabriel Garcia Marquez Meets Ernest Hemingway,'' New York Times, July 26, 1981
``An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous.''
--E. Everett
Superfluous comes ultimately from the Latin superfluus, from superfluo, superfluere, to overflow, from super-, over, above + fluo, fluere, to flow.