Complete Definition of "superfetation"

English

Etymology
From Latin superfetare �conceive while pregnant�, from super- + foetus.

Pronunciation
IPA|/su:p�f�'teɪ��n/

Noun
en-noun

  1. 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

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