Sū'per-flū'i-ty, n.

n. [Lat. superfluitas, Fr. superfluité, Pr. superfluitat, sobrefluitat, Sp. superfluidad, It. superfluità.]

1. A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water or provisions.
2. The state of being superfluous; something that is beyond what is wanted; something rendered unnecessary by its abundance.

A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. Suckling. Syn.—Superabundance; excess; redundancy.