super

super

super¹ [so͞o′pər]

n.

[< SUPER- as used in numerous E comp.]

1. short for:

a) SUPERNUMERARY (esp. n. 2)

b) SUPERINTENDENT (esp. n. 2)

2. Informal a product of superior grade, extra-large size, etc.: a trade term

3. Bookbinding a kind of starched cotton gauze used to reinforce the spine of a book

adj.

1. Informal outstanding; exceptionally fine

2. great, extreme, or excessive

adv.

Informal very, extremely, or excessively

vt.

Bookbinding to reinforce with super

super²

abbrev.

1. superfine

2. superior