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Excess
Answer for the clue "Excess ", 7 letters:
nimiety
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"excess, redundancy," from Latin nimietas "excessiveness," from nimius "beyond measure, excessive," from nimis (adv.) "too much, beyond measure, excessively."
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nimiety \Ni*mi"e*ty\, n. [L. nimietas, fr. nimius, a., nimis, adv., too much.] State of being in excess. [R.] There is a nimiety, a too-muchness, in all Germans. --Coleridge.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess , surplus , surplusage ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. State of being in excess, possessing more than is needed.