superabundancyn.
/ˌsuːp(ə)rəˈbʌnd(ə)nsi/, /ˌsjuːp(ə)rəˈbʌnd(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈˌsupərəˈbənd(ə)nsi/ Now rare.
= superabundance n. (in various senses).
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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
1628 J. Doughty Disc. Divine Myst. Ded. sig. ¶ 2 I knowe..the superabundancy of this kinde of writing.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 143 I write often unto you, for that..I had rather be charged for Super-abundancy than Defect.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 106 This Gentlewoman wants for no manner of Necessaries..but has rather a Superabundancy.
1754 H. Walpole Corr. 3 Nov. (1973) XXXV. 185 My chief employ..is planting at Mrs Clive's, whither I remove all my superabundancies.
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 15 Pruning out the superabundancy [of young shoots].
1808 C. Sedley Asmodeus I. 48 One of those troublesome sort of beings, who, from a superabundancy of zeal always to do right, is almost always doing wrong.
1898 New Eng. Med. Monthly Apr. 151/1 We have at our means several methods of removing the superabundancy of tissue.
1917 J. R. McConnell Flying for France i. 68 Sometimes there was a super-abundancy of German airplanes on guard.
2007 A. Fernihough in M. Shiach Cambr. Compan. Modernist Novel iv. 71 A superabundancy of impressions and memories.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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