surplusage

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surplusage

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Inherited from Middle English surplusage, from Anglo-Norman surplusage; equivalent to surplus + -age. Compare Medieval Latin surplusāgium.

noun surplusages

archaic, countable, uncountable A surplus; a superabundance. If then thee list my offred grace to vse, / Take what thou please of all this surplusage; / If thee list not, leaue haue thou to refuse […]
countable, uncountable Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.
countable, uncountable A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to. one third-part of the surplusage of the estate of any person dying inteſtate, ſhall be distributed to his widow,and the reſidue amongſt his children by equal portions

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@misc{surplusage_2026,
  title = {surplusage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/surplusage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}