[ad. med.L. superfluxus, f. superfluĕre: see SUPERFLUE and FLUX.]
1. A superfluity, superabundance or surplus.
1605. Shaks., Lear, III. iv. 35. Take Physicke, Pompe, Expose thy selfe to feele what wretches feele, That thou maist shake the superflux to them.
1632. Rowley, Woman Never Vexed, I. i. B 3. To groane under the superflux of blessings.
1775. S. J. Pratt, Liberal Opin., cix. (1783), IV. 32. Shall they steal their own necessaries from the superflux of another?
1809. Malkin, Gil Blas, X. ii. ¶ 5. Hadst thou but thrown to them the superflux of that abundance, in which … thou rolledst.
1826. Lamb, Elia, Ser. II. Popular Fallacies, vi. If nothing else could be said for a feast, this is sufficient, that from the superflux there is usually something left for the next day.
1872. Browning, Fifine, xliv. Art … discards the superflux, Contributes to defect.
1880. Swinburne, Stud. Shaks., i. 36. In these two there is no flaw, no outbreak, no superflux, and no failure.
2. An overflowing, or excessive flow, of water or other liquid.
1760. S. Derrick, Lett. (1767), I. 102. Another very remarkable waterfall is the superflux of a collection of water on the top of the high mountain of Mongerlogh.
1779. G. Keate, Sketches fr. Nat. (ed. 2), II. 209. The astonishing supply of water … the superflux of which clears all the drains and sewers.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., III. 235. A superflux of the urinary water … without any increase of the urinary solids.
