superfluity

/ˈsupərˌfluədi/

Other forms: superfluities

A superfluity is an excess or abundance. When you encounter superfluity, there's too much of something.

When something is superfluous, it's unnecessary or redundant: there's already enough of it. Likewise, superfluity is too much of something. If your friend is a shopoholic and spends all of her time at the mall, you probably encounter superfluity in her closet — since she has more clothes than she will ever wear. The Latin root word is superfluus, which is used figuratively to mean "unnecessary," but is literally "overflowing."

Definitions of superfluity

1. noun

   extreme excess
   synonyms: embarrassment, overplus, plethora

   types:

   redundance, redundancy

   the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded

   deadwood, fifth wheel

   someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded

   type of:

   excess, excessiveness, inordinateness

   immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits