English
Etymology
From Latin supererogare, from super- + erogare �pay out� (which is e- + rogare �ask�).
Pronunciation
IPA: /su:p�r�'r�g�t�ri/
Adjective
en-adj
- pertaining to supererogation, or doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in Roman Catholicism
#:*1988: �In now you come,� she ordered, �and we make love.� That seemed supererogatory to David Jones, who, under the gaze of the painted deer, got in there and did as he was told. � Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron
#:*2002: It is, for example, not clear whether â��love thy enemyâ�� is a precept or a supererogatory counsel.— David Heyd: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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