redundancy
Roget category 641
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends
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Redundancy
noun
redundancy,
redundance† —
too much,
too many —
superabundance,
superfluity,
superfluence†,
saturation —
nimiety†,
transcendency,
exuberance,
profuseness —
profusion
etc.
(plenty)
639 —
repletion,
enough in all conscience,
satis superque [Lat.],
lion's share —
more than enough
etc.
639 —
plethora,
engorgement,
congestion,
load,
surfeit,
sickener† —
turgescence
etc.
(expansion)
194† —
overdose,
overmeasure†,
oversupply,
overflow —
inundation
etc.
(water)
348 —
avalanche.
accumulation
etc.
(store)
636 —
heap
etc.
72 —
drug,
drug in the market —
glut —
crowd —
burden.
excess —
surplus,
overplus† —
epact† —
margin —
remainder
etc.
40 —
duplicate —
surplusage†,
expletive —
work of supererogation —
bonus,
bonanza.
luxury —
intemperance
etc.
954 —
extravagance
etc.
(prodigality)
818 —
exorbitance,
lavishment†.
pleonasm
etc.
(diffuseness)
573 —
too many irons in the fire —
embarras de richesses [Fr.].
verb
superabound,
overabound† —
know no bounds,
swarm —
meet one at every turn —
creep with,
crawl with,
bristle with —
overflow —
run over,
flow over,
well over,
brim over —
run riot —
overrun,
overstock,
overlay,
overcharge,
overdose,
overfeed,
overburden,
overload,
overdo,
overwhelm,
overshoot the mark
etc.
(go beyond)
303 —
surcharge,
supersaturate,
gorge,
glut,
load,
drench,
whelm,
inundate,
deluge,
flood —
drug,
drug the market —
hepatize†.
choke,
cloy,
accloy†,
suffocate —
pile up,
lay on thick —
impregnate with —
lavish
etc.
(squander)
818.
send coals to Newcastle,
carry coals to Newcastle,
carry owls to Athens† —
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs —
pisces natare docere [Lat.] —
kill the slain,
gild refined gold,"
gild the lily,"
butter one's bread on both sides,
put butter upon bacon —
employ a steam engine to crack a nut
etc.
(waste)
638.
exaggerate
etc.
549 —
wallow in
roll in
etc.
(plenty)
639 —
remain on one's hands,
hang heavy on hand,
go a begging.
adjective
redundant —
too much,
too many —
exuberant,
inordinate,
superabundant,
excessive,
overmuch,
replete,
profuse,
lavish —
prodigal
etc.
818 —
exorbitant —
overweening —
extravagant —
overcharged
etc.
v. —
supersaturated,
drenched,
overflowing —
running over,
running to waste,
running down.
crammed to overflowing,
filled to overflowing —
gorged,
ready to burst —
dropsical,
turgid,
plethoric —
obese
etc.
194.
superfluous,
unnecessary,
needless,
supervacaneous†,
uncalled for,
to spare,
in excess —
over and above
etc.
(remainder)
40 —
de trop [Fr.] —
adscititious
etc.
(additional)
37 —
supernumerary
etc.
(reserve)
636 —
on one's hands,
spare,
duplicate,
supererogatory,
expletive —
un peu fort [Fr.].
adverb
over,
too,
over and above —
overmuch,
too much —
too far —
without measure,
beyond measure,
out of measure —
with a to spare —
over head and ears —
up to one's eyes,
up to one's ears —
extra —
beyond the mark
etc.
(transcursion)
303 —
acervatim [Lat.].
phrase
it never rains but it pours —
fortuna multis dat nimium nulli satis [Lat.].
2.
Degree of Subservience
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