overmuchness
English
Etymology
overmuch + -ness
Noun
overmuchness (uncountable)
- The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber
- There are words that do as much raise a style as others can depress it . Superlation and overmuchness amplifies
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overmuchness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)