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Definitions
more than is needed, desired, or required
Word origin
From Latin superērogātōrius (“supererogatory”), from superērogātiō (“payment in addition”), from superērogō (“pay out over and above”), from super (“above”) + ērogō (“pay out, expend”); from ex (“out of, from”) + rogō (“ask; request”).
Used in a sentence
“They passed into the ancient shipyard which lay beyond, and which was now a mere vague, grass-grown approach to the waterside, bestrewn with a few remnants of supererogatory timber.”
“"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.”
“It is, for example, not clear whether “love thy enemy” is a precept or a supererogatory counsel.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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