supernumerarinessn.
/ˌsuːpəˈnjuːmər(ər)ɪnᵻs/, /ˌsjuːpəˈnjuːmər(ər)ɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈˌsupərˈn(j)uməˌrɛrinᵻs/ Now rare.
The state or fact of being supernumerary; excess above a usual or required number.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity
un-i-fohOE
surfeita1393
superfluitya1398
over-micklea1400
overmucha1400
nimiety1542
superfluous1552
redundance1572
overflowing1574
overflush1581
overflow1589
overmeasure1591
redundancy1601
a too-much1604
pleonasm1616
overfloat1619
overmuchnessa1637
supernumerariness1652
plusa1721
supervacaneousness1730
supersaturate1860
too-muchness1875
1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 68 Reasons..for Plantation... 1. Expulsion. 2. Supernumerarinesse.
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 649 If there were any error in the supernumerarines of Bishops out of some one Province.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Super-numerariness, the exceeding the Number fixed.
a1832 J. Bentham Extract from Proposed Constit. Code in Ld. Brougham Displayed (1832) iii. xii. 3 Only by a still more abundantly productive cause..are these effects of supernumerariness of Judges..concealed from general observation.
2004 S. Walton Humanity 89 There are notions that only retain an ambiguous relation to biology, such as the near-universal perception of supernumerariness or multiplicity as disgusting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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