superplusage

English

Etymology

superplus +‎ -age?

Noun

superplusage (usually uncountable, plural superplusages)

  1. (obsolete) surplus
    • 1823, Gilbert Burnet, The Life of Sir Matthew Hale, Knt
      There yet remained a superplusage.

References

superplusage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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