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extraneous (adj.)
"not belonging or proper to a thing; not intrinsic or essential, though attached; foreign," 1630s, from Latin extraneus "external, strange," literally "that is without, from without" (as a noun, "a stranger"), from extra "outside of" (see extra-). A doublet of strange. Related: Extraneously.
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Definitions of extraneous
Dictionary entries near extraneous
extradite
extradition
extrajudicial
extramarital
extramural
extraneous
extraordinaire
extraordinary
extrapolate
extrapolation
extrasensory