Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surplusage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sur-plusage
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A surplus; a superabundance.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature."
"It may be they required no information whatever; already they may have collected a surplusage[.]"
"1802–1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature one third-part of the surplusage of the estate of any person dying intetate, hall be distributed to his widow,and the reidue amongt his children by equal portions"

Etymology

From Medieval Latin surplusagium, from surplus.

Word Breakdown

Root: surplusagium

Usage

Inflected Forms

surplusages (plural)

Synonyms

excess surplus nimiety

Questions

What does surplusage mean?: A surplus; a superabundance.
Where does surplusage come from?: From Medieval Latin surplusagium, from surplus.

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