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περισσός

“περισσός” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 11 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. prodigious (beyond the regular number or size)
  2. extraordinary; unusual; uncommon; remarkable; strange
  3. extraordinary; eminent; remarkable
  4. beyond others in
  5. spare; surplus; reserve (more than sufficient)
  6. useless; superfluous; redundant
  7. excessive; extravagant
  8. overwise; too clever by half (too intelligent for their own good)
  9. subtle; acute; sharp
  10. odd

noun

  1. busybody

Etymology

From περῐ- (perĭ-, “above, beyond”).

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