Word Meanings - SUPERFOLIATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Excess of foliation. Sir T. Browne.

EXCESS
out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness;
EXCESSIVE
Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief the enemy to the living. Shak. Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly,
FOLIATION
The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery. (more info) 1. The process of forming into a leaf or leaves. 2. The manner in which the young leaves are dispo The
PRAEFOLIATION
See GRAY
SUPERFOLIATION
Excess of foliation. Sir T. Browne.
PREFOLIATION
Vernation.
DEFOLIATION
The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.
EXFOLIATION
The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.