Found 2 items, similar to Surplusage.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: surplusage surplusage n : a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus, nimiety]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Surplusage Surplusage \Sur"plus*age\, n. [See Surplus, and cf. Superplusage.] 1. Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted. [1913 Webster] Take what thou please of all this surplusage. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected. [1913 Webster] 3. (Accounts) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to. [Obs.] --Rees. [1913 Webster]