superfluity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun extreme excess
    embarrassment; overplus; plethora.
    • an embarrassment of riches

WordNet

Su`per*flu"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. superfluité, L. superfluitas. See Superfluous.
Wordforms
plural Superfluities
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913