[ noun ] a quantity much larger than is needed <noun.attribute>
Surplusage \Sur"plus*age\, n. [See {Surplus}, and cf. {Superplusage}.] 1. Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted.
Take what thou please of all this surplusage. --Spenser.
A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature. --Emerson.
2. (Law) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.
3. (Accounts) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to. [Obs.] --Rees.