SuaviloquyToday’s word

superabundance

Superabundance, n.

Etymology: [L. superabundantia: cf. OF. superabondance.]

The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for superabundance; he lists it under excess.

Where he writes about it:

Overplus and superabundance denote in the main a satisfactory, and superfluity an undesirable, excess; lavishness and profusion, a generous, bountiful, or amiable excess; as, a profusion of fair hair; lavishness of hospitality. — from excess