SUPERFLUITY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth. A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. Suckling.

2.
n.

The state or quality of being superfluous; excess. "By a superfluity abominable." Chaucer.

3.
n.

Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury.