GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Extraneous , 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.
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   Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment.
   Landor.
   -- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv.
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