# embarrassment of riches

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An abundance or overabundance of something; too much of a good thing.

## Etymology
Calque of French embarras des richesses, from John Ozell's 1738 translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726) by Léonor Jean Christine Soulas d'Allainval.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/embarrassment-of-riches