Definition of excess

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Excess (n.) The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other..

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Overmoist :: Overmoist (a.) Excessively moist.
Inordinacy :: Inordinacy (n.) The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire..
Tinsel :: Tinsel (a.) Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.
Curt :: Curt (a.) Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer..
Overset :: Overset (n.) An excess; superfluity.
Refinement :: Refinement (n.) That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic..
Gluttonize :: Gluttonize (v. i.) To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.
Deification :: Deification (n.) The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.
Spondee :: Spondaical (a.) Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot..
Flagrancy :: Flagrancy (n.) The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess.
Carbunculation :: Carbunculation (n.) The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold..
Oversaturate :: Oversaturate (v. t.) To saturate to excess.
Delineation :: Delineation (n.) The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively..
Hyper- :: Hyper- () A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperaemia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion..
Hyperthetical :: Hyperthetical (a.) Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical.
Euphuist :: Euphuist (n.) One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction..
Overplease :: Overplease (v. t.) To please excessively.
Overcharge :: Overcharge (n.) An excessive load or burden.
Overfill :: overfill (v. t.) To fill to excess; to surcharge.
Abominable :: Abominable (a.) Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive.
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