excessiveness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ɪkˈsɛsɪvnəs/ UK /ɪkˈsɛsɪvnəs/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the quality of being too much or going beyond reasonable limits

    The excessiveness of the decorations made the small room feel cluttered.

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Synonyms
1 noun · the quality of being too... excessimmoderationextravagancesuperfluityexorbitanceoverindulgencesurfeit
Word family
Related forms excessiveexcessexceed

Etymology

From excessive + -ness, from Old French excessif, from Latin excessus ('a going beyond'), from excedere ('to go beyond'), from ex- ('out') + cedere ('to go').

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