overstock

Etymology

over- + stock

verb

  1. To stock to an excessive degree.

noun

  1. An excessive stock; a surplus or glut.
    This overstock of beauty, for which there are so few bidders, calls for an immediate supply of lovers and husbands […] 1794, The Tatler, volume 4, page 24

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