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surplusage

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sur·plus·age  (sûrpl-sj)
n.
1. Surplus; excess.
2. An excess of words; verbiage.
3. Law Irrelevant matter in a pleading.
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Noun1.surplusagesurplusage - a quantity much larger than is needed
excess, nimiety, surplus
overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"


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The German emperor of that day made the usual offer: he would grant to the destroyer of the dragon, any one solitary thing he might ask for; for he had a surplusage of daughters, and it was customary for dragon-killers to take a daughter for pay.
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A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature.
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