overmuchness

English

Etymology

overmuch +‎ -ness

Noun

overmuchness (uncountable)

(dated) The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance.
Synonym: excessiveness
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber
  There are words that do as much raise a style as others can depress it . Superlation and overmuchness amplifies

References

“overmuchness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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