overabundancen.
/ˌəʊv(ə)rəˈbʌnd(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərəˈbənd(ə)ns/ Too great a quantity or amount; superabundance, (an) excess.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > superabundance
flood1340
overabundancea1382
abundancec1384
excessa1387
superfluitya1387
surcarka1400
superabundance?a1475
superfluencea1477
abundancy?1526
superfluousnessa1540
pleurisya1550
inundation1589
exsuperance1603
plethory1606
overplus1609
exuberancy1611
redoundancy1623
superabundancy1628
exsuperancy1638
exuberance1638
floodings1674
plethora1700
embarrassment1815
profligacy1834
overfullness1884
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxv. 37 Þy money þou shalt not ȝeue to hym to vsur, & of þe fruytys ouerhabundaunce [a1425 L.V. ouer aboundaunce; L. superabundantiam] þou shalt not axe.
a1425 (c1384) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xxii. 12 Thou tokist vsure and oueraboundaunce [a1425 L.V. ouer-abundaunce].
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 119 (MED) Cause of ouerhabundaunce of hem [sc. bodily members] þat ar after nature is habundance of benigne materie.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 53 (MED) Man awe gretly eschewe ouerdoynge and ouerabundance of despensz.
1615 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching in Wks. (1620) I. 608 Lest I should..dul you by the ouer aboundance of that matter, by which my desire is to quicken you.
1683–86 tr. Plutarch Lives (1864) The army of Hannibal was..partly weakened and become dissolute with overabundance and luxury.
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 189 You..blessed me with an over-abundance of blessings.
1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iii. 83 The overabundance of leisure..is often a misfortune rather than a fault.
1887 Overland Monthly Nov. 472/1 I must have an over-abundance of faults, but who was there to enlighten me.
1939 C. Chaplin in Observer 12 Feb. 13/5 People with an over-abundance of dignity..have always in the end been targets for laughter.
1971 Nature 19 Feb. 548/1 The large overabundances of Li, Be and B are probably due to spallation.
2000 Cats Oct. 11/1 Infested animals will have..an overabundance of skin oil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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