Today's Word "superfluous"
More than is wanted
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superfluous \soo-PER-floo-us\ (adjective) - More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive. (adverb) superfluously, (noun) superfluousness
"All this is useless, superfluous, and often even sinful. Similarly, I saw workmen whose entire art and occupation consisted in making playthings and other childish trifles, designed to amuse and to pass the time." -- Johann Amos Comenius, 'The Labyrinth of the World'
Superfluous comes ultimately from the Latin superfluus, from superfluo, superfluere, to overflow, from super-, over, above + fluo, fluere, to flow.
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