excess

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛksɛs/, /ɪkˈsɛs/, /ɛkˈsɛs/, /əkˈsɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs === Noun === excess (countable and uncountable, plural excesses) The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper. Synonyms: overage, superabundance, surplus; see also Thesaurus:excess Antonyms: deficiency, lack, shortage c. 1690, William Walsh, "Jealosy", in The Poetical Works of William Walsh (1797), page 19 (Google preview): That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder. An act of eating or drinking more than enough. (geometry) Spherical excess, 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. (British, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim. Synonym: (US, insurance) deductible ==== Derived terms ==== in excess of sexcess spherical excess to excess ==== Related terms ==== exceed excessive ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === excess (not comparable) More than is normal, necessary or specified. Synonyms: offcut, surplus ==== Derived terms ==== excess baggage excess kurtosis excess return nonexcess refractory anaemia with excess blasts ==== Translations ==== === Verb === excess (third-person singular simple present excesses, present participle excessing, simple past and past participle excessed) (US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== usury ==== Further reading ==== “excess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “excess”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.