Definition of Superfluities

1. Noun. (plural of superfluity) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Superfluities

1. superfluity [n] - See also: superfluity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superfluities

superflacks
superflare
superflares
superflies
superflip
superflirt
superflirts
superflow
superflows
superflu
superfluence
superfluid
superfluidities
superfluidity
superfluids
superfluities (current term)
superfluity
superfluorescence
superfluous
superfluously
superfluousness
superflux
superfluxes
superfly
superfoetation
superfoetations
superfold
superfolds
superfoliation
superfoliations

Literary usage of Superfluities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker: Containing Over a Thousand Subjects by Charles Simmons (1852)
"superfluities. The superfluities of professed Christians, would send the Gospel ... He who accustoms himself to buy superfluities, may be obliged, erelong, ..."

2. Aristocracy and Evolution: A Study of the Rights, the Origin, and the Social by William Hurrell Mallock (1898)
"... 4 but the desire for superfluities depends on their mental powers, which vary. The special appeal of luxury is mainly to the mind and the imagination ..."

3. Money and Value: An Inquiry Into the Means and Ends of Economic Production by Rowland Hamilton (1878)
"... that it would be a good thing if land were exempt from all rates, as then the owners would have more CHAP. III. The exchange value of superfluities. ..."

4. Friends' Intelligencer by Friends Intelligencer Association (1875)
"... :—superfluities—Moderation 870 Confusion in the Workshops.....™ 270 NOTICES •••......•••.»«».*•".•«•..«......«........... . 272 ITEMS .--........». ..."

5. The Realistic Revolt in Modern Poetry by Arthur Melville Clark (1922)
"He may have many other non- essentials and many other superfluities of price but he must be content with another name than poet. XI. We are, no doubt, ..."

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