Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SUPER
super
(adjective) including more than a specified category; “a super experiment”
super
(adjective) extremely large; “another super skyscraper”
ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops
(adjective) of the highest quality; “an ace reporter”; “a crack shot”; “a first-rate golfer”; “a super party”; “played top-notch tennis”; “an athlete in tiptop condition”; “she is absolutely tops”
extremely, exceedingly, super, deathly
(adverb) to an extreme degree; “extremely cold”; “extremely unpleasant”; “she is super smart”; “the night was deathly cold”; “as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes”
superintendent, super
(noun) a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
super (not comparable)
Of excellent quality, superfine.
better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
Synonyms
• (better): awesome, excellent
Adverb
super (not comparable)
(informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
Etymology 2
Abbreviation by shortening.
Noun
super (plural supers)
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Short for superannuation.
Short for supercomputer.
(comics, slang) Short for superhero.
(beekeeping) Short for superhive.
(informal, US) Short for superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).
(neologism) Short for supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.
Short for supernumerary; (theatre) specifically, a supernumerary actor.
Short for supertanker.
Short for supervisor.
Verb
super (third-person singular simple present supers, present participle supering, simple past and past participle supered)
(beekeeping) Short for superhive.
(television) Short for superimpose.
Anagrams
• Pre-Us, Purse, Rupes, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, rupes, sprue
Source: Wiktionary
Su"per-. Etym: [L. super over, above; akin to Gr. sub under, and E. over. See Over, and cf. Hyper-, Sub-, Supra-, Sur-.]
1. A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede, supernatural, superabundance.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-.
Su"per, n.
Definition: A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2. [Theatrical Cant]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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