superability

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Etymology 1

From superable +‎ -ity.

Noun

superability (uncountable)

1. superableness; the ability of an obstacle to be overcome.
   • 1912, George Tyrrell, Maude Dominica Petre, Autobiography and life of George Tyrrell:

     But if I was cheered at the superability of the moral obstacle, I quailed before the intellectual and educational test […]

Etymology 2

From super- +‎ ability.

Noun

superability (countable and uncountable, plural superabilities)

1. Exceptional ability.
   • 1970, Charles Henry Meisgeier, John D King, The process of special education administration:

     […] it may be maintained that a special education service may be provided only upon the establishment of the existence of a learning superability […]