Noun

(en noun)

The state of being swollen.

* {{quote-book

, year= a1420 , year_published= 1894 , author= The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056 , by= (Lanfranc of Milan) , title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie." , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=6XktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63 , original= , chapter= Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone , section= , isbn= 1163911380 , edition= , publisher= K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co , location= London , editor= Robert von Fleischhacker , volume= , page= 63 , passage= Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge ; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra. }}

Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.

Noun

(es) (Spherical excess)

The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.

* , King John , act 4, scene 2:

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,

To throw a perfume on the violet, . . .

Is wasteful and ridiculous excess .

* , "Jealosy", in The Poetical Works of William Walsh (1797), page 19 (Google preview):

That kills me with excess' of grief, this with ' excess of joy.

The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.

The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.

An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

* :

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess .

* 1667 , , Paradise Lost , Book III:

Fair Angel, thy desire . . .

. . . leads to no excess

That reaches blame

(geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

(British, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.