superfluous
英検準1級余分な・不必要な
意味
- 必要以上の,余分な
- 不必要な,よけいな
例文
Jim made a superfluous remark.
ジムはよけいな発言をした。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English superfluous, from Latin superfluus (“superfluous”) + -ous, from superfluō (“overflow”), from super (“above, more than, over”) + fluō (“flow”). Compare mellifluous and fluid, also from Latin. Literally corresponds to overflow, which is from Germanic, rather than Latin.