superscription

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an inscription written above something else
  2. noun the activity of superscribing

Etymology

From Middle French superscription, or its source, Late Latin superscriptio, from superscribere.

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