Definition of Excss
Ex*cess" (?), n. [OE. exces,
excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-
possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go
beyond: cf. F. excès. See Exceed.]
1. The state of surpassing or going beyond
limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or
duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness;
superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of
provisions or of light.
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet, . . .
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
Shak.
That kills me with excess of grief, this with
excess of joy. Walsh.
2. An undue indulgence of the appetite;
transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications;
intemperance; dissipation.
Be not drunk with wine, wherein is
excess. Eph. v. 18.
Thy desire . . . leads to no excess
That reaches blame. Milton.
3. The degree or amount by which one thing or
number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two
numbers is the excess of one over the other.
Spherical excess (Geom.), 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
EXCESS, n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate
penalties the law of moderation.
Hail, high Excess -- especially in wine,
To thee in worship do I bend the knee
Who preach abstemiousness unto me --
My skull thy pulpit, as my paunch thy shrine.
Precept on precept, aye, and line on line,
Could ne'er persuade so sweetly to agree
With reason as thy touch, exact and free,
Upon my forehead and along my spine.
At thy command eschewing pleasure's cup,
With the hot grape I warm no more my wit;
When on thy stool of penitence I sit
I'm quite converted, for I can't get up.
Ungrateful he who afterward would falter
To make new sacrifices at thine altar!
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
*To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, ... Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. - Shakespeare
*That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. - Walsh
- An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
*Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. Ephesians v. 18
*Thy desire ... leads to no excess That reaches blame. - Milton
- The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
- (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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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