Thesaurus / superfluity
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To place wit above sense is to place superfluity above utility.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUThe table was pretty good, too, with the exception of a few Dutch dishes, and a superfluity of onions.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERI suppose that really this was all that was demanded of Alf and Frank—a trifling, unexpected superfluity once in a while.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCEOLIVER ONIONS“Put in as much as you like at first, and afterwards efface the superfluity,” is a bit of advice that comes from Corot himself.
COROTSIDNEY ALLNUTTDid it not describe a superfluity of worship that exceeded what was either enjoined or fitting?
ISLAM HER MORAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUEARTHUR GLYN LEONARDIn such ways, and not from the superfluity of the rich, many thousands of pounds were gathered annually.
HYACINTHGEORGE A. BIRMINGHAMThe great ones of the world have taken this earth of ours to themselves; they live in the midst of splendour and superfluity.
THE COMMON SENSE OF SOCIALISMJOHN SPARGOSecondly, it is proved to be true by the way it is produced, as it is the superfluity of the last aliment of the fleshy parts.
THE WORKS OF ARISTOTLE THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERANONYMOUSWhen a seal can make you understand him without it, talking is a noisy superfluity.
THE STRAND MAGAZINE, VOLUME V, ISSUE 26, FEBRUARY 1893VARIOUSWhat a clap of thunder to Excellency Hanbury; his masterpiece found suddenly a superfluity, an incommodity!
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. XVII. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLEWORDS RELATED TO SUPERFLUITY
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