noun
superfluity
Superfluity (noun) means the state of having far more of something than is needed.
noun
1
The state of having far more of something than is needed.
"Each stores has its own storekeeper, a clerk who specializes in organizing his department so that there is not a superfluity of one article and a scarcity of another."
— W. F. Grew, The Cycle Industry (1921)
2
An extra item that is not really necessary, such as a luxury.
3
The collective term for a number of nuns.
"These probably mark the dwelling of a colony, or to speak more precisely, according to Dame Juliana Berners, a superfluity of nuns from Godstow, which nunnery had a cell there, and was patron of the living."
— Herbert A. Evans, Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds (1905)
"Alice put Anna back on the shelf and turned up the volume on the TV, where a local news reporter was imparting a salutary tale of woe involving a superfluity of nuns who'd got into a scrape at a crab festival."
— Sam Cullen, The Odd Bunnies (2011)
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Etymology
Formed from superflu(ous) and -ity, alongside Old French superfluite, which came from Medieval Latin superfluitas, from Latin superfluus.
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What is the meaning of superfluity?
"superfluity" (noun) means the state of having far more of something than is needed.
What is another word for superfluity?
Other words for "superfluity" include embarrassment, overplus, plethora.
What is the opposite of superfluity?
Opposites of "superfluity" include deficiency, necessity, requirement.
What are the different meanings of superfluity?
"superfluity" has 3 main meanings: 1. The state of having far more of something than is needed; 2. An extra item that is not really necessary, such as a luxury; 3. The collective term for a number of nuns.
