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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
over-abundance

late 14c., from over- + abundance.

Usage examples of "over-abundance".

Though she was becoming used to the richness of spiced dishes served at Court, this over-abundance was too much for Cressida and the prolonged festivities gradually made her wish for simpler food.

The allotments being something of a parish nature reserve, the over-abundance of hearty birdsong tore the million-dollar bum and his Irish companion grudgingly from the arms of good old munificent Morpheus.