superfluity

[ soo-per-floo-i-tee ]

/ ˌsu pərˈflu ɪ ti /

the state of being superfluous.

a superabundant or excessive amount.

something superfluous, as a luxury.

Origin of superfluity

1350–1400; Middle English superfluite < Old French < Latin superfluitās. See superfluous, -ity

Then, like the sun, let bounty spread her ray, And shine that superfluity away.

Essay on Man |Alexander Pope
For Vera remembers that there is not a superfluity of servants at the vicarage, and that they all of them have plenty to do.

Vera Nevill |Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron
A signature would to me and to all in the secret have been a superfluity.

The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. |Sir Leslie Stephen
The great ones of the world have taken this earth of ours to themselves; they live in the midst of splendour and superfluity.

The Common Sense of Socialism |John Spargo

At any rate, this superfluity of names discloses increased communication, through many channels, with the North.

In Northern Mists (Volume 1 of 2) |Fridtjof Nansen

superfluity

/ (ˌsuːpəˈfluːɪtɪ) /

the condition of being superfluous

a quantity or thing that is in excess of what is needed

a thing that is not needed

C14: from Old French superfluité, via Late Latin from Latin superfluus superfluous