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    [Adjective]  | "su*per*an*nu*at*ed" | \ ˌsü-pər-ˈan-yə-ˌwā-təd \


    1: outmoded, old-fashioned

    2: incapacitated or disqualified for active duty by advanced age

    3: older than the typical member of a specified group


    Origin: circa 1634 ;

     Medieval Latin superannuatus, past participle of superannuari to be too old, from Latin super- + annus year {mat|annual|};

    [Verb]  | "su*per*an*nu*ate" | \ ˌsü-pər-ˈan-yə-ˌwāt \


    1: to make, declare, or prove obsolete or out-of-date

    2: to retire and pension because of age or infirmity

    3: to become retired


    Origin: 1649 ;

     Back-formation from superannuated;

    [Adjective]  | "superannuated" 


    1: having passed its time of use or usefulness;


      * e.g., " ... a periodical that insists on using largely superannuated terms like editress and aviatrix "



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     [ "superannuated flatus" ]

    1: Synonym for old fart.

      * e.g.,  ... Too many university faculty members wind up being superannuated flatuses over time. It's pasture time for them. 

     [ "Superannuation Tour" ]

    1: bands or singers such as Whitney Huston, Salt & Pepper, AC/DC and George Michael that perform again after a long stint off and think they still have it, tour again to raise some extra drug money for their retirement.

      * e.g.,  ... George Michael is all bloated and old when he came to Australia ... it's just another Superannuation Tour. 

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