superincumbent[adjective]Synonyms: superior, greater, higher, over, overlying, superjacent, onerous, burdensome, demanding, exacting, exigent, grievous, oppressive, taxing, tough, weighty
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superincumbent adjective.
[su:p(ǝ)rɪn'kʌmbǝnt, sju:-] M17.[from SUPER- 1 + INCUMBENT adjective.]1. Lying or resting on something else; overlying.
M17.2. Suspended above; overhanging. Chiefly
literary.
E19.3. Of pressure: exerted from above.
M19.fig.:
■ A. H. Clough A tyrannous sense of superincumbent oppression. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲