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].

     #642.  Importance. —­ N. importance, consequence, moment, prominence,
consideration, mark, materialness.
     import, significance, concern; emphasis, interest.
     greatness &c. 31; superiority &c. 33; notability &c. (repute) 873;
weight &c. (influence) 175; value &c. (goodness) 648; usefulness &c. 644.
     gravity, seriousness, solemnity; no joke, no laughing matter;
pressure, urgency, stress; matter of life and death.
     memorabilia, notabilia[obs3], great doings; red-letter day.
     great thing, great point; main chance, “the be all and the end all”
[Macbeth]; cardinal point; substance, gist &c. (essence) 5; sum and substance, gravamen, head and front; important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part; half the battle; sine qua non; breath of one’s nostrils &c. (life) 359;cream, salt, core, kernel, heart, nucleus; keynote, keystone; corner stone; trump card &c. (device) 626; salient points.
     top sawyer, first fiddle, prima donna[Sp], chief; triton among the
minnows; “it” [U.S.]. 
     V. be important &c. adj., be somebody, be something; import, signify,
matter, boot, be an object; carry weight &c. (influence) 175; make a figure &c. (repute) 873; be in the ascendant, come to the front, lead the way, take the lead, play first fiddle, throw all else into the shade; lie at the root of; deserve notice, merit notice, be worthy of notice, be worthy of regard, be worthy of consideration.
     attach importance to, ascribe importance to, give importance to &c.
n.; value, care for, set store upon, set store by; mark &c. 550; mark with a white stone, underline; write in italics, put in italics, print in italics, print in capitals, print in large letters, put in large type, put in letters. of gold; accentuate, emphasize, lay stress on.
     make a fuss about, make a fuss over, make a stir about, make a piece
of work about[Fr], make much ado about; make much ado of, make much of. 
     Adj. important; of importance &c. n.; momentous, material; to the
point; not to be overlooked, not to be despised, not to be sneezed at; egregious; weighty &c. (influential) 175; of note &c. (repute) 873; notable, prominent, salient, signal; memorable, remarkable; unforgettable; worthy of remark, worthy of notice; never to be forgotten; stirring, eventful.
     grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding,
imposing.
     urgent, pressing, critical,