From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.
Meanings
(not-comparable) More than is normal, necessary or specified.
ml അധിക (more than is normal, necessary or specified) · tr fazlalık (more than is normal, necessary or specified) · it in eccesso (more than is normal, necessary or specified) · mi hemihemi (more than is normal, necessary or specified) · hi अधिकता (more than is normal, necessary or specified) · fr en trop (more than is normal, necessary or specified) · fr en excès (more than is normal, necessary or specified)
From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet, […]
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
The excess of heavy water was given away to the neighbouring country.
That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. c. 1690, William Walsh, "Jealosy", in The Poetical Works of William Walsh (1797), page 19 (Google preview)
[...] after the original Victorian station was demolished and then entombed in concrete in the 1960s, Birmingham New Street became a byword for the worst excesses of the much-loathed Brutalist architecture so widely used to reconstruct inner-city post-war Britain. 2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54:
I leaped up in an excess of enthusiasm.
(countable, uncountable) The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
(countable, uncountable) An act of eating or drinking more than enough.
Fair Angel, thy desire . . .
. . . leads to no excess
That reaches blame 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ephesians 5:18:
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(UK, countable, uncountable) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
ca excés (state of surpassing limits) · nb eksess (state of surpassing limits) · de Kostenbeteiligung (insurance condition) · de Selbstbehalt (insurance condition) · sw zaidi (state of surpassing limits) · nl teveel (state of surpassing limits) · grc ὑπερβολή (state of surpassing limits) · fi ylimäärä (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · hi बहुलता (state of surpassing limits) · ka ზედმეტობა (state of surpassing limits) · gl exceso (state of surpassing limits) · cmn 過剩 /过剩 (state of surpassing limits) · cmn 啟動費 /启动费 (insurance condition) · cs spoluúčast (insurance condition) · pl nadmiar (state of surpassing limits) · hu fölösleg (state of surpassing limits) · de Zuzahlung (insurance condition) · fr franchise (insurance condition) · hu önrész (insurance condition) · ru невозде́ржанность (undue indulgence of the appetite) · la nimium (state of surpassing limits) · es exceso (state of surpassing limits) · fi liika (undue indulgence of the appetite) · de Überfluss (state of surpassing limits) · sw zaidi (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · ru избы́ток (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · pt excesso (state of surpassing limits) · ro abuz (state of surpassing limits) · pl zbytek (state of surpassing limits) · bg невъздържаност (undue indulgence of the appetite) · hu túl- (state of surpassing limits) · ro exagerare (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · pdt Äwafluss (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · hu mértéktelenség (undue indulgence of the appetite) · fi ylettömyys (state of surpassing limits) · it franchigia (insurance condition) · ru изли́шек (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · ro exagerare (state of surpassing limits) · bg излишък (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · fr excès (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · ga breis (state of surpassing limits) · pl nadwyżka (state of surpassing limits) · fi omavastuu (insurance condition) · sv självrisk (insurance condition) · hu felesleg (state of surpassing limits) · cmn 墊底費 /垫底费 (insurance condition) · cmn 起步價 /起步价 (insurance condition) · fi ylenpalttisuus (state of surpassing limits) · uk на́дмір (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · uk на́дмір (state of surpassing limits) · pt excesso (undue indulgence of the appetite) · ru неуме́ренность (undue indulgence of the appetite) · nl eigen risico (insurance condition) · fi liika (state of surpassing limits) · fi kohtuuttomuus (state of surpassing limits) · mi hemihemi (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · nn eksess (state of surpassing limits) · ko 우수리 (state of surpassing limits) · pl nieumiarkowanie (undue indulgence of the appetite) · eo eksceso (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · vi sự dư thừa (state of surpassing limits) · hu tobzódás (undue indulgence of the appetite) · sv överskott (state of surpassing limits) · sv överskott (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · fr excès (state of surpassing limits) · fi ylimäärä (state of surpassing limits) · de Überschuss (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · fi liiallisuus (state of surpassing limits) · eo eksceso (state of surpassing limits) · ga anbharr (state of surpassing limits) · pl nadmiar (geometry: spherical excess) · ru превыше́ние (state of surpassing limits) · ru эксце́сс (geometry: spherical excess) · io eceso (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · it eccedenza (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · hu különbözet (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · es franquicia (insurance condition) · el υπερβολή (state of surpassing limits) · tr fazlalık (state of surpassing limits) · pl nadmiar (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · fi ylitys (geometry: spherical excess) · ru франши́за (insurance condition) · ka სიჭარბე (state of surpassing limits) · io eceso (state of surpassing limits) · pt excedente (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · nb overskudd (state of surpassing limits) · fi liiallisuus (undue indulgence of the appetite) · de Eigenbeteiligung (insurance condition) · hu többlet (state of surpassing limits) · mi tuhene (state of surpassing limits) · ro prisos (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · ka გადაჭარბება (state of surpassing limits) · fi liika- (state of surpassing limits) · ka გადამეტება (state of surpassing limits) · ro franșiză (insurance condition) · ms lebihan (state of surpassing limits) · eo troo (state of surpassing limits) · ro exces (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · nl overtreffen (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · de Völlerei (undue indulgence of the appetite) · de Franchise (insurance condition) · fi ylitys (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · tr şiddet (state of surpassing limits) · it eccesso (state of surpassing limits) · cmn 過量 /过量 (state of surpassing limits) · es deducible (insurance condition) · mi tuhene (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · km ចំនួនលើស (state of surpassing limits) · ro exces (state of surpassing limits) · hi अधिकता (state of surpassing limits) · sw zaidi (geometry: spherical excess) · de Selbstbeteiligung (insurance condition) · fi ero (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · ga ainmheasarthacht (undue indulgence of the appetite) · no utskeielse (undue indulgence of the appetite) · sw zaidi (undue indulgence of the appetite) · pdt Äwamot (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · hu szögtöbblet (geometry: spherical excess) · ko 우수리 (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · ca excés (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · hi अधिकता (degree by which one thing exceeds another) · de Übermaß (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.
Meanings
(US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.
In 2006, I was excessed because my program had to make a few cuts and a new, inexperienced supervisor decided that he couldn’t handle a knowledgeable older teacher so he removed me. 2008 May 3, “When New York Teachers Don’t Teach”, in New York Times: