Superinenarrable, sū-pėr-in-ē-nar′a-bl, adj. in the highest degree incapable of being described.
Superintend, sū-pėr-in-tend′, v.t. to have the oversight or charge of: to control, manage.—v.i. to exercise supervision.—ns. Superinten′dence, Superinten′dency, oversight: direction: management.—adj. Superinten′dent, superintending.—n. one who superintends: the head of a Sunday-school: in some Protestant churches a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district: overseer.—n. Superinten′dentship.
Superior, sū-pē′ri-or, adj. upper: higher in place, rank, or excellence: surpassing others: beyond the influence of: of wider application, generic: (print.) set above the level of the line.—n. one superior to others: the chief of a monastery, &c., and of certain churches and colleges: (Scots law) one who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu-duty) or of the performance of certain services.—ns. Supē′rioress, a female superior or chief in a convent, nunnery, &c.; Superior′ity, quality or state of being superior: pre-eminence: advantage: (Scots law) the right which the superior enjoys in the land held by the vassal.—adv. Supē′riorly, in a superior manner.—Superior planets, those more distant from the sun than the earth. [L., comp. of superus, high—super, above.]
Superjacent, sū-pėr-jā′sent, adj. lying above or upon.
Superlative, sū-pėr′la-tiv, adj. raised above others or to the highest degree: superior to all others: most eminent: (gram.) expressing the highest degree of a quality.—n. (gram.) the superlative or highest degree of adjectives and adverbs: any word or phrase full of exaggeration.—adv. Super′latively.—n. Super′lativeness, state of being superlative or in the highest degree. [L. superlativus—superlatus, pa.p. of superferre—super, above, ferre, to carry.]
Superlunar, sū-pėr-lū′nar, adj. above the moon: not of this world.—Also Superlū′nary.
Supermedial, sū-pėr-mē′di-al, adj. being above the middle.
Supermundane, sū-pėr-mun′dān, adj. above the world.
Supernacular, sū-pėr-nak′ū-lar, adj. very choice, of liquor.—n. Supernac′ūlum, wine fit to be drunk to the last drop with no heeltaps, anything very choice.—adv. to the last drop.
Supernal, sū-pėr′nal, adj. that is above or in a higher place or region: relating to things above: celestial. [L. supernus—super, above.]