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he physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.

Excessively curious or inquisitive. Evelyn.

Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.

Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes.

is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. E. Everett. Superfluous interval (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone.…

Excessive or extraordinary gain. [Obs.] Davenant.

Excessive purgation. Wiseman.

To reward to an excessive degree. Bacon.

Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive. -- Su`per*sen"si*tive*ness, n.

Excessively sensuous.

An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious.

An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne. A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for it is surcharge of expense. Bacon.

Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking. To prevent surfeit and other diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by travels. Bunyan.

Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.

Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. [Obs. or Slang] B. Jonson.

To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.

Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.] The terrible coldness of the season. Clarendon.

of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.

One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.