EXCESS

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French exces, from Late Latin ~us, from Latin, departure, projection, from excedere to exceed Date: 14th century 1. the state or an instance of surpassing usual, proper, or specified limits ; superfluity , the amount or degree by which one thing or quantity exceeds another , undue or immoderate indulgence ; intemperance , II. adjective Date: 15th century more than the usual, proper, or specified amount, III. transitive verb Date: 1971 to eliminate the position of