Definition of Plusage

1. plussage [n -S] - See also: plussage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plusage

plus-minus method
plus-minus sign
plus-minus signs
plus-one
plus-size
plus fours
plus lens
plus one
plus ones
plus sign
plus signs
plus size
plus sizes
plus strand
plus ça change
plusage (current term)
plusages
plused
pluses
plush
plush toy
plush toys
plusher
plushes
plushest
plushie
plushier
plushies
plushiest
plushily

Literary usage of Plusage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Datum Posts of Jurisprudence by William Taylor Hughes (1907)
"Stewart. plusage should not be encouraged, nor be incorporated, thereby making records expensive, oppressive, cumbrous and delaying ..."

2. Digest of the Reports of the Supreme Court of California: Volumes One by James Henry Deering, California Supreme Court (1900)
"... offense with which the accusation open»; but that word may be disregarded as snr- plusage, and the defendant could not be misled by its unnecessary use. ..."

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