'Surplusage' definitions:

Definition of 'surplusage'

(from WordNet)
noun
A quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety]

Definition of 'Surplusage'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]