English
Etymology
From Latin superfetare �conceive while pregnant�, from super- + foetus.
Pronunciation
IPA|/su:p�f�'teɪ��n/
Noun
en-noun
- an excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition
#:*1857: These gentlemen were greatly astonished at Bovary's romantic ideas, and the pharmacist hurried in to say to him: "This velvet looks to me rather a superfetation. Besides, the expense..." � Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (tr. Geoffrey Wall 1992).
Translations
French: superfétation f
io:superfetation
ru:superfetation
te:superfetation
vi:superfetation
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