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extraneous

Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/

The English word “extraneous” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
  2. Not essential or intrinsic.

Etymology

From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.

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