SUPERFLUITY

overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment

(noun) extreme excess; “an embarrassment of riches”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

superfluity (countable and uncountable, plural superfluities)

The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.

Antonym: necessity

Something superfluous, as a luxury.

Antonym: necessity

(rare) Collective noun for a group of nuns.

Source: Wiktionary


Su`per*flu"i*ty, n.; pl. Superfluities. Etym: [L. superfluité, L. superfluitas. See Superfluous.]

1. A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth. A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. Suckling.

2. The state or quality of being superfluous; excess. "By a superfluity abominable." Chaucer.

3. Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury.

Syn.

– Superabundance; excess; redundancy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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