Su`per*flu"i*ty (?), n.;
pl. Superfluities (#). [L.
superfluité, L. superfluitas. See Superfluous.]
1. A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance;
as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth.
A
quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity.
Suckling. 2. The state or
quality of being superfluous; excess. "By a superfluity abominable." Chaucer.
3. Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury.
Syn.
-- Superabundance; excess; redundancy.
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