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Definition of Superabundance
1. Noun. A quantity that is more than what is appropriate. "We received an inundation of email"
Generic synonyms: Abundance, Copiousness, Teemingness
Specialized synonyms: Excess, Nimiety, Surplus, Surplusage, Glut, Oversupply, Surfeit, Bellyful
Derivative terms: Overabundant, Overmuch, Superabundant
Definition of Superabundance
1. n. The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.
Definition of Superabundance
1. Noun. An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree that seems almost excessive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Superabundance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superabundance
Literary usage of Superabundance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Life and Miscellanies of John Galt by John Galt (1834)
"ON THE superabundance OF CAPITAL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. I AM afraid it will be
thought by many that, in being of opinion that the capital of the United ..."
2. The Literary Life and Miscellanies of John Galt by John Galt (1834)
"ON THE superabundance OF CAPITAL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. I AM afraid it will be
thought by many that, in being of opinion that the capital of the United ..."
3. Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Three Departments of the Intellect by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1869)
"superabundance of blood in the system. But there are other causes of the mental
... And one of these is connected with a superabundance of blood in the ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"complaint of superabundance; but in 1876-77, the registered rainfall was 46-24
inches; in 1877-78, 54-30 inches; and in 1883-84, 74 inches, when the rice ..."
5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"complaint of superabundance; but in 1876-77,^6 registered rainfall was 46-24
inches; in 1877-78, 54^30 inches; and in 1883-84, 74 inches, when the rice crop ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Lat. super and abundare ; sec Super- and Abound Der. superabundance, from F.
super abondance, ' superabundance,' Cot., ..."
7. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by John Payne Collier (1865)
"... nor supply quotations which are to bo met with in both impressions, because
in " Restituta " will be found even a superabundance of specimens. ..."
8. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1810)
"And from the superabundance of classic allusions to be met with in every page of
his poetry, we may guess how highly he valued the literature of' Greece and ..."
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