English Dictionary

superfluity

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌsuː.pəˈfluː.ɪ.ti/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 稀用

The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness. / Something superfluous, as a luxury. / (rare) Collective noun for a group of nuns.

日本語の意味

不必要なほどの過剰さ、余分さ / （贅沢等としての）余計なもの、無駄なもの / （稀な用法）修道女たちの集団を表す集合名詞

The committee's insistence on countless reports amounted to a superfluity that slowed the project's progress.

委員会が無数の報告書を要求したことは、プロジェクトの進行を遅らせる余分なものにすぎなかった。

意味（1）

The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.

意味（2）

Something superfluous, as a luxury.

As they had almost all the conveniencies of life within themselves, they seldom visited towns or cities in search of superfluity.

意味（3）

(rare) Collective noun for a group of nuns.

These probably mark the dwelling of a colony, or to speak more precisely, according to Dame Juliana Berners, a superfluity of nuns from Godstow, which nunnery had a cell there, and was patron of the living.

superfluities （ plural ）