The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Excessive \Ex*cess"ive\ ([e^]k*s[e^]s"[i^]v), a. [Cf. F.
   excessif.]
   Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.
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         Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. --Shak.

   Syn: Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous;
        immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See
        Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly, adv. -Ex*cess"ive*ness,
        n.
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