OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20327

supernumerary

/ˌsuːpəˈnjuːm(ə)ɹ(ə)ɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
supernumerario
Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.
Ideally, the surgery is timed so that removal of the supernumerary tooth does not interfere with permanent tooth development. The earlier the supernumerary can be removed, however,…
On each side the glass hung one of the large engravings; another over the secretary, facing the window, and the fourth, which for some time seemed a supernumerary, over the door.
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