overmuchness

English

Etymology

From overmuch +‎ -ness.

Noun

overmuchness (uncountable)

1. (dated) The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance.

   Synonym: excessiveness

   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber

     There are words that do as much raise a style as others can depress it . Superlation and overmuchness amplifies

References

• “overmuchness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.