excess

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An amount that is more than is needed or allowed.

   He tried to lose the excess weight he had gained over winter.

2. 2
   adj

   More than is needed or required; extra.

   You may have to pay a fee for excess baggage at the airport.

3. 3
   noun

   Behaviour that goes beyond reasonable limits, especially in eating or drinking.

   After a week of excess on holiday, she went back to a healthy routine.

From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.

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