superabundant

[ soo-per-uh-buhn-duh nt ]

/ ˌsu pər əˈbʌn dənt /

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adjective

exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.

RELATED WORDS

oversupply, surfeit, plethora, overmuch, glut, superfluity, plenty, excess, overflow, surplus

Nearby words

super-smooth, super., superable, superabound, superabsorbent, superabundant, superacute, superadd, superaerodynamics, superagency, superalimentation

Origin of superabundant

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin superabundant- (stem of superabundāns), present participle of superabundāre to superabound; see abundant

Related forms

su·per·a·bun·dance, nounsu·per·a·bun·dant·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for superabundance

Who can take his own superabundance and therewith serve all under heaven?
Tao Teh King|Lao-Tze
Distention of the seminal vesicles with a superabundance of seminal fluid also acts as a source of irritation.
Plain Facts for Old and Young|John Harvey Kellogg
The deficiency is to be explained only in the superabundance of emotional life.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
But that will change with riper age, and I prefer a superabundance to a paucity of ideas.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Why, simply because there is a superabundance of wealth, should people be made poorer?
The Common Sense of Socialism|John Spargo