| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
| superfluous
more than enough
If you were constructing an artificial language, like Esperanto, you would restrict the rules of grammar to a necessary few and avoid superfluous words, i.e., synonyms.
Related English words: superfluity, superfluousness
Latin root words: superfluus, superflua, superfluum - overflowing; superfluous; superfluo, superfluere - to overflow
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