supermaximum

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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super- +‎ maximum

Adjective

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supermaximum (not comparable)

  1. supermax
    • 2009 May 23, Kirk Johnson, “In Area Packed With Prisons, a Split on Jihadists”, in New York Times[1]:
      The federal supermaximum prison in Florence, Colo.
  2. (rare) Greater than maximum; to the very highest degree; supermaximal

Noun

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supermaximum (plural supermaximums)

  1. A supermax prison.