Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the quality of supernaculum; of first-rate quality; very good: said of liquor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Like supernaculum; first-rate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete, humorous, of alcoholic drink Of outstanding quality; that one would wish to drink to the last drop.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He lounged around the Riviera, listening to nightingales and ordering magnums of what his compatriot George Saintsbury called “supernacular” wines.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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He lounged around the Riviera, listening to nightingales and ordering magnums of what his compatriot George Saintsbury called “supernacular” wines.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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He lounged around the Riviera, listening to nightingales and ordering magnums of what his compatriot George Saintsbury called “supernacular” wines.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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I perfectly well recollect that the claret at Hawbuck's was not by any means so good as that of Hipsley's, while, on the contrary, some white hermitage at the Haws (by the way, the butler only gave me half a glass each time) was supernacular.
The Book of Snobs William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I perfectly well recollect that the claret at Hawbuck’s was not by any means so good as that of Hipsley’s, while, on the contrary, some white hermitage at the Haws (by the way, the butler only gave me half a glass each time) was supernacular.
The Book of Snobs 2006
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