Hypertext Webster Gateway: "superfluities"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Superfluity \Su`per*flu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Superfluities}. [L.
superfluit['e], 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.
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