Meanings
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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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· the quality of being too...
excessimmoderationextravagancesuperfluityexorbitanceoverindulgencesurfeit
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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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