Definition of Extreneous
Ex*tra"ne*ous (?), a. [L.
extraneus, from extra. See Extra-,
Strange.] Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing;
without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as,
to separate gold from extraneous matter.
Nothing is admitted extraneous from the
indictment. Landor.
-- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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