From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha surfeit of somethinga surfeit of something formalTOO/TOO MUCHan amount of something that is too large or that is more than you need SYN excess a surfeit of food and drink → surfeit
Examples from the Corpus
a surfeit of something• There can never be a surfeit of the propagation of that fundamental message of grace.• Boardsailors could find a surfeit of interest for them in hall two.• Both have been suffering from a surfeit of squash, according to the man who manages them, Norman Norrington.• He's already had a surfeit of wives.• The world has a surfeit of mediocre drummers.• Armand dozing, apparently, in a surfeit of plenty.• It is a silly, redundant device that eventually drowns the film in a surfeit of plot.• There is a surfeit of managers in the company.• Over-confidence in the early days has led to a surfeit of caution ever since. 