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Added 9 October 2026

superscript

noun

Latin root: superscriptus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about superscript at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character.

adjective

Written or printed above and to one side of another character.

Origin

From Middle French superscript, from Latin superscriptus (“written above”). By surface analysis, super- + script.

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