excess
excess is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. Eph. v.
- 2.Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. Milton.
- 3.The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other. Spherical excess (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- beyond
- bleed
- bought
- cost
- costly
- dear
- dearly
- dearness
- demand
- dollar
- exorbitance
- exorbitant
- expensive
- extort
- extortion
- extortionate
- extravagance
- extravagant
- eye
- famine
- fancy
- fleece
- for
- gout
- great
- had
- heavy
- high
- look
- looking
- love
- money
- more
- much
- nose
- not
- overcharge
- pas
- pay
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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