profuseness

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“Kotched yer, are we?” said the former, with a deplorable profuseness of unnecessary verbiage, as he jumped on board.

From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines

Minuteness of finish and perfection of detail were lavished with Oriental profuseness.

From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray

So of the bananas, one of the most delightful of all West India fruits, and which grow everywhere in Cuba with prodigal profuseness.

From History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time by Ballou, Maturin Murray

In Little Dorrit we have the old profuseness of characters; in the first half nearly one hundred, and in the second half there are practically no new characters at all. 

From The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens by Nicoll, W. Robertson

In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander