SUPERNUMERARY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Supernumerary starts off with the Latin prefix super-, "above" You may have heard of someone being born with supernumerary teeth, supernumerary fingers, or supernumerary toes A supernumerary rainbow may show up as a faint line—red, green, or purple—just touching the main colored arc
SUPERNUMERARY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Supernumerary definition: being in excess of the usual, proper, or prescribed number; additional; extra See examples of SUPERNUMERARY used in a sentence
Supernumerary - Wikipedia Supernumerary actor, a performer in a film, television show, or stage production who has no role or purpose other than to appear in the background, more commonly referred to as an "extra"
supernumerary - Wiktionary, the free dictionary supernumerary (plural supernumeraries) A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary) [from early 17th c ] quotations The judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work
Supernumerary - definition of supernumerary by . . . - The Free Dictionary 1 Exceeding a fixed, prescribed, or standard number; extra: a supernumerary rib 2 Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous: an employee who became supernumerary after the merger See Synonyms at superfluous