Category:Extraneous

Ex*tra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. extraneus, from extra. See Extra, Strange.]

Defn: 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.