excessivenessn.
/ɛkˈsɛsɪvnɪs/ The state or quality of being excessive; excessive measure, quantity, or degree.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun]
unhovea1300
passingc1350
distemperancec1374
excess1393
unmeasurea1400
surfeita1500
excessivenessa1513
ametry?1541
immoderation?1541
distemperature1572
exceedingnessa1586
grossness1585
unreasonableness1606
inordinacya1617
excrescency1638
immoderancy1646
fair share1650
overbalance1651
hyperbole1652
overheight1664
immoderacya1682
faggald1824
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxix And upon yt ensuyd suche Excessyues of Rayne, that corne was therwith drowned in ye erthe.
1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 615 A bibbing swilbowle and a bowzing gull, which never drinke but with excessivenesse.
1657 W. Rumsey Organon Salutis (1659) i. 2 Excessivenesse of heat and cold in several parts of the body; which breeds Agues and Feavers.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Excessiveness,..Exceedingness, the going beyond Bounds.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1832 in N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
n.a1513