overexcess
UK/ˌəʊvəˈɛksɛs/US/ˌoʊvɚˈɪkˈsɛs/
overexcess noun: a particularly excessive quantity, amount or number; a vast excess of something; the state of being overexcessive.
Noun
overexcess (plural overexcesses)
- A particularly excessive quantity, amount or number; a vast excess of something; the state of being overexcessive.
- The best results are seen among the well-to-do, who can afford to give themselves up wholly to the treatment during the few weeks of its application; but they must have sufficient intelligence never to overtax their hearts at any time by overexcesses or overindulgence in any way.1899, The Los Angeles Sunday Times, Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, page 23
- With a commendable desire to avoid all overexcess in decoration, and especially to get away from the usual "gingerbread" typical of the ordinary theater, the Orpheum has gone in for a plainness in its embellishment that is at the same time most gratifying and most restful. Instead of gaudy...1911, Luigi Bogliolo, The Los Angeles Daily Times, Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, page 2
Examples of overexcess in a sentence
- Care should be taken to prevent an overexcess of compound, and to shape it so as to form a slightly conical shape at the point.1913, F. T. Van Woert, Items of Interest, page 403:
- He never again attempted to take Harlem Heights, and from that time on ceased his casual attitude and moved with an overexcess of caution.1926, Sarah M. Lockwood, New York, Not So Little and Not So Old, Doubleday, Page & Company, page 95:
- You are inclined to dramatics and overexcesses.1986, Ellin Dodge, You Are Your Birthday, Simon & Schuster, Incopr, →ISBN, page 358:
Forms of overexcess
| plural | overexcesses |
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Origin of overexcess
From over- + excess.
Questions about overexcess
- What does overexcess mean?
- Overexcess means a particularly excessive quantity, amount or number; a vast excess of something; the state of being overexcessive.
- How do you use overexcess in a sentence?
- Care should be taken to prevent an overexcess of compound, and to shape it so as to form a slightly conical shape at the point.
- What part of speech is overexcess?
- Overexcess is a noun.
- How do you pronounce overexcess?
- Overexcess is pronounced /ˌəʊvəˈɛksɛs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of overexcess?
- The plural of overexcess is overexcesses.
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