The definition of excessive is something or someone that goes beyond what is normal, acceptable or necessary.
(adjective)An example of something that would be described as excessive would be smoking five packs of cigarettes a day or eating four gallons of ice cream a day.
See excessive in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
Origin: ME & OFr excessif < ML excessivus
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