单词 | overquantity |
释义 | overquantityn. Now rare. An excessive amount; a surplus. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > excessive quantity or amount overchargea1325 outrakea1400 surcharge1603 superflux1608 overquantitya1626 overflux1633 gluta1652 overdose1700 excresce1707 overseta1715 embarras de richesse1750 sickener1809 embarras de choix1825 richesse1875 basinful1935 a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 30 The over-quantity is not forfeited. 1681 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 3) v. 85 Till..the over-quantity of the Soil in the Pit..oblige him to remove it. 1747 B. Franklin Let. 25 May in Papers (1961) iii B..has an over-quantity [of Electrical Fire], but gives one [sc. a spark] to A, who has an under-quantity. 1757–75 B. Franklin Proposed Articles of Confederation in London (Libr. Amer.) §67. 864 I think there is rather an overquantity of Touchwood in your Constitution. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 281 It may exist in such over-quantities..as to prove highly injurious. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Pleonasmus. Med., Pathol., Physiol., term for a faulty formation, with a stronger growth, or an over-number or over-quantity of parts: a pleonasm. 1872 L. T. Townsend Credo 359 A momentary perturbation has thrown an over-quantity of blood to the brain. 1997 Emerging Markets Datafile (Nexis) 15 Sept. A warrant of seizure and detention was issued for overquantity and presence of undeclared items. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1626 |
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