rare. [f. prec., after annuity.]
1. Superannuated condition.
1781. Cowper, Lett. to J. Hill, 3 Feb. A writer … might construct a plausible argument to prove that the world itself is in a state of superannuation, if there be such a word. If not, there must be such a one as superannuity.
2. A superannuation allowance.
1893. Daily News, 4 Dec., 5/3. He was superannuated upon his full pay, and upon this superannuity … he lived for more than fifty years.
So Superannuitant, one who is superannuated or receives a superannuation allowance.
1830. Cassan, Bishops of Bath & Wells, II. 271. Let the surplus proceeds be appropriated to the use of superannuitants.
