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Word entry · 8 letters

superman

Best crossword clue

"Clark Kent alter ego"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈs(j)uːpəmæn/Part of speech nounSorted aemnprsuStarts with SEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Word origin

From super- + man. The character, created by Jerry Siegel (1914–1996) and Joe Shuster (1914–1992), first appeared in DC Comics’ Action Comics #1 dated June 1938. The ice-cream flavor is named in reference to the red, yellow and blue of the superhero's costume.

Used in a sentence

  • Nietzsche wrote of the coming of the superman.
  • "Well, what is it that he does that I don't do? Just say the word, - teetotal, vegetarian, aeronaut, theosophist, superman."
  • By the latter part of 1848, the throne of Hudson the Railway King who had been called in in 1845 as a superman to save the Eastern Counties Railway, was tottering to its fall, [...].

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