Dictionary Definition
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" [syn: extra,
redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus]
Noun
2 immoderation as a consequence of going beyond
sufficient or permitted limits [syn: excessiveness, inordinateness]
3 the state of being more than full [syn:
surfeit, overabundance]
4 excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by
overindulgence" [syn: overindulgence]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Old English exces, excess, ecstasy; Latin excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, from excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond. See Exceed.Noun
- 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.
- 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 proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess
of provisions or of light.
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- To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, ... Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. - Shakespeare
- That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. - Walsh
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- An undue indulgence of the appetite;
transgression of
proper moderation in
natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
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- Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. Ephesians v. 18
- Thy desire ... leads to no excess That reaches blame. - Milton
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- Spherical excess, 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.
- A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for the first part of any claim, in exchange for a lower premium.
Translations
The degree by which one thing exceeds another
- Korean: 우수리 (usuri)
The state of surpassing limits
- Finnish: ylettömyys, kohtuuttomuus
- Korean: 우수리 (usuri)
An undue indulgence of the appetite
- Finnish: liika, liiallisuus
- Norwegian: utskeielse
(geometry) Spherical excess
See also
Extensive Definition
Excess is a state of something being present
beyond a requisite amount. In certain contexts, it has a more
specialized meaning:
- In insurance, similar to deductible.
- In chemistry, describing any reagent that is not the limiting reagent.
- Excess is also the title of a track by Tricky featured in the film Thir13en Ghosts (see also Blowback (album)).
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Saturnalia, aggrandizement, amplification, ballyhoo, big talk, blowing up,
burlesque, caricature, crapulence, crapulency, crapulousness, de trop,
debauchery, dilatation, dilation, disentitlement, dispensable, dissipation, dissoluteness, drunkenness, empty claim,
empty title, enhancement, enlargement, exaggerating, exaggeration, excessive, excessiveness, exorbitance, exorbitancy, expansion, expendable, expletive, extortionateness,
extra, extravagance, extreme, false claim, fat, glut, gluttony, grandiloquence, gratuitous, heightening, huckstering, hyperbole, hyperbolism, immoderacy, immoderateness, immoderation, impropriety, in excess,
inappropriateness,
incontinence,
indiscipline,
indulgence, inflation, inordinacy, inordinateness, intemperance, intemperateness,
inundation, invalid
claim, lack of claim, leftover, leftovers, magnification, needless, nimiety, no claim, nonessential, outrageousness, overabundance, overage, overbalance, overdoing, overemphasis, overestimation, overflow, overflowing, overgrowth, overindulgence, overkill, overmeasure, overmuch, overpass, overplus, overproduction, overrun, overrunning, overspill, overspreading, overstatement, overstock, oversupply, pleonastic, plethora, plus, preposterousness,
prodigality,
profuseness,
profusion, prolix, puffery, puffing up, redundancy, redundant, remaining, residual, self-indulgence,
self-restraint, sensationalism, spare, stretching, superabundance, supererogation, supererogatory, superfluity, superfluous, superiority, superlative, supernumerary, surfeit, surplus, surplusage, swinishness, tall talk,
tautologic, tautologous, to spare, too
much, too-muchness, touting, travesty, uncalled-for,
unconscionableness,
unconstraint,
uncontrol, undeservedness, undeservingness,
undueness, unentitledness, unessential, unmeritedness, unnecessary, unneeded, unreasonableness,
unrestraint,
verbose