money, not to be had at any price; scurvy; stingy &c. 819; at the end of one’s tether; without resources &c. 632; in want &c. (poor) 804; in debt &c. 806.
Adv. insufficiently &c. Adj.; in default of, for want of; failing.
Phr. semper avarus eget [Lat][Horace].
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#641. Redundancy.
— N. redundancy, redundance[obs3]; too much,
too
many; superabundance, superfluity, superfluence|,
saturation; nimiety[obs3], 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[obs3]; turgescence
&c. (expansion) 194[obs3]; overdose, overmeasure[obs3],
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[obs3];
epact[obs3]; margin; remainder &c.
40; duplicate; surplusage[obs3], expletive; work of
supererogation; bonus, bonanza.
luxury; intemperance
&c. 954; extravagance &c. (prodigality) 818;
exorbitance, lavishment[obs3].
pleonasm &c. (diffuseness)
573; too many irons in the fire; embarras
de richesses[Fr].
V. superabound, overabound[obs3];
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[obs3].
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choke, cloy, accloy[obs3],
suffocate; pile up, lay on thick;
impregnate with; lavish &c. (squander) 818.
send coals to Newcastle,
carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to
Athens[obs3]; 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;


