excess
ex·cess
adjective
1.
more than is needed, desired, or required
- “trying to lose excess weight”
- “found some extra change lying on the dresser”
- “yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant”
- “skills made redundant by technological advance”
- “sleeping in the spare room”
- “supernumerary ornamentation”
- “it was supererogatory of her to gloat”
- “delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words”
- “extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts”
- “surplus cheese distributed to the needy”
noun
2.
immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
4.
Origin
From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.
Phrases
- in excess of
- lion's share
- spherical excess
- to excess
- too much
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