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superior

adj
/suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/UK/sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/US/sʉːˈpɪə.ɹiː.ə/

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).

  1. derived from superior
  2. derived from superiour

Definitions

  1. Higher in rank, status, or quality.

    • Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
    • Additionally, reliability proved to be superior to NBL's design, with an average of 120,000 miles run during 1959.

  2. Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).

  3. Printed in superscript.

    • a superior figure or letter
  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. Located above or out

      Located above or out; higher in position.

      • the superior jaw; the superior part of an image

    2. More comprehensive.

      • A genus is superior to a species.

    3. Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.

    4. Having a wider orbit around the Sun

      Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.

    5. A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.

    6. A superior letter, figure, or symbol.

    7. One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on…

      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.

    8. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

    9. Ellipsis of Lake Superior.

    10. Ellipsis of Superior Craton.

    11. Synonym of Superia.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at superior. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at superior. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at superior

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA