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English Dictionary: excess	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for excess
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excess adj 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" Synonym(s): excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus n a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety] immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits Synonym(s): excess, excessiveness, inordinateness the state of being more than full Synonym(s): surfeit, excess, overabundance excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" Synonym(s): overindulgence, excess
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excess \Excess"\, n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc[8a]s. See {Exceed}.] 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess* of provisions or of light. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. --Shak. That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. --Walsh. 2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. --Eph. v. 18. Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. --Milton. 3. 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. {Spherical excess} (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.