意味(日本語)

定員(定数)外の、過剰の、(劇)端役の、臨時雇い

語源

• number-, numerat- : L.numerare = to count(数える); L.numerus = a number(数)

意味(英語)

• (adjective) Exceeding a fixed, prescribed, or standard number; extra.
• (adjective) Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous. See Synonyms at superfluous.
• (noun) One that is in excess of the regular, necessary, or usual number.
• (noun) An actor without a speaking part, as one who appears in a crowd scene.

例文

• For as for that part which seemeth supernumerary, which is prophecy, it is but divine history, which hath that prerogative over human, as the narration may be before the fact as well as after.