Redundancy
Redundancy
#641. Redundancy. -- N. redundancy, redundance[obs]; too much, too
many; superabundance, superfluity, superfluence|, saturation;
nimiety[obs], transcendency, exuberance, profuseness; profusion &c.
(plenty) 639; repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque[Lat],
lion's share; more than enough &c. 639; plethora, engorgement, congestion,
load, surfeit, sickener[obs]; turgescence &c. (expansion) 194[obs];
overdose, overmeasure[obs], oversupply, overflow; inundation &c. (water)
348; avalanche.
- accumulation &c. (store) 636; heap &c. 72; drug, drug in the market;
glut; crowd; burden.
- excess; surplus, overplus[obs]; epact[obs]; margin; remainder &c.
40; duplicate; surplusage[obs], expletive; work of supererogation; bonus,
bonanza.
- luxury; intemperance &c. 954; extravagance &c. (prodigality) 818;
exorbitance, lavishment[obs].
- pleonasm &c. (diffuseness) 573; too many irons in the fire; embarras
de richesses[Fr].
- V. superabound, overabound[obs]; 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 &c. (go beyond) 303; surcharge, supersaturate, gorge,
glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood; drug, drug the market;
hepatize[obs].
- choke, cloy, accloy[obs], suffocate; pile up, lay on thick;
impregnate with; lavish &c. (squander) 818.
- send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to
Athens[obs]; 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 &c. (waste) 638.
- exaggerate &c. 549; wallow in roll in &c. (plenty) 639 remain on one's
hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging.
- Adj. redundant; too much, too many; exuberant, inordinate,
superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavish; prodigal &c.
818; exorbitant; overweening; extravagant; overcharged &c. 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 &c. 194.
- superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous|, uncalled for, to
spare, in excess; over and above &c. (remainder) 40; de trop[Fr];
adscititious &c. (additional) 37; supernumerary &c. (reserve) 636; on one's
hands, spare, duplicate, supererogatory, expletive; un peu fort[Fr].
- Adv. over, too, over and above; overmuch, too much; too far; without
measure, beyond measure, out of measure; with . . . to spare; over head and
ears; up to one's eyes, up to one's ears; extra; beyond the mark &c.
(transcursion) 303; acervatim [Lat].
- Phr. it never rains but it pours; fortuna multis dat nimium nulli
satis [Lat].
2. Degree of Subservience