surplusage
[sur-pluhs-ij]
noun
something that is surplus; an excess amount.
an excess of words.
Origin of surplusage
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Related Words for surplusage
residue, oversupply, surfeit, plethora, superabundance, overmuch, glut, fat, overage, superfluity, plus, excess, overflow, balance, remainder, overrun, overkill, overstockExamples from the Web for surplusage
Historical Examples of surplusage
But it is precisely this surplusage which has not cognitive status.
Essays in Experimental LogicJohn Dewey
Well, it is just like I said, it is surplusage to begin with.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
This was the mere wantonness and surplusage of abundant labour.
The British Expedition to the CrimeaWilliam Howard Russell
This was a surplusage of duty but not cause for impeachment.
Sages and Heroes of the American RevolutionL. Carroll Judson
In so far forth, they express the surplusage of vitality over need, the creative freedom of life at play.
Creative IntelligenceJohn Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
surplusage
noun
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