superfine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Extremely subtle or refined; extremely sensitive to slight impressions or perceptions.
adj
Extremely refined or sophisticated; very elegant.
Example Sentences
- "The bulk of Mankind have not leisure for Learning and Logick, and superfine distinctions of the Schools."
- "But this I knovv, ſhould Jupiter agen / Deſcend from heaven, to re-converſe vvith men; / The Romane Language full and ſuperfine, / If Iove vvo'd ſpeake, he vvo'd accept of thine."
- "This place, with regard to superfine visitors, fills slowly and the season is expected not only to be late, but thin, of company, from the many families that are rambling abroad."
- "Ask her if she would exchange her brave husband for one of those superfine niceties, who suing for favor at her feet, had at the same time lined their vows of love and constancy with the yellow dust, which had they known the strong chest to have been at their backs, while in this humble posture, it were uncertain to which might have been made an apology,—the fair lady or her dowry."
- "Some recipes call for superfine sugar because it dissolves easier."
- "Twelve years ago they made only course ^([sic]) Cloth, but now they weave superfine, and fine Cloth."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English fine English superfine From super- + fine.
Inflected Forms
more superfine (comparative)
most superfine (superlative)