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Superfluity


SUPERFLU'ITY, noun [Latin superfluitas; super and fluo, to flow.]

1. Superabundance; a greater quantity than is wanted; as a superfluity of water or provisions.

2. Something that is beyond what is wanted; something rendered unnecessary by its abundance. Among the superfluities of life we seldom number the abundance of money.