superfluity

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.

   “[S]he could not but contrast the splendour of the Polish retinues and their plumages and draperies, with the strait-buttoned Prussian dignitaries, all in mere soldier uniform, succinct 'blue coat, white linen gaiters,' and no superfluity even in the epaulettes and red facings.”

2. isim Something superfluous, as a luxury.

   “As they had almost all the conveniencies of life within themselves, they seldom visited towns or cities in search of superfluity.”

3. isim Collective noun for a group of nuns.

   “These probably mark the dwelling of a colony, or to speak more precisely, according to Dame Juliana Berners, a superfluity of nuns from Godstow, which nunnery had a cell there, and was patron of the living.”