In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SURPLUSAGE
excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety
(noun) a quantity much larger than is needed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
surplusage (countable and uncountable, plural surplusages)
(now rare) A surplus; a superabundance.
(legal) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.
(finance) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.
Source: Wiktionary
Sur"plus*age, n. Etym: [See Surplus, and cf. Superplusage.]
1. Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted. Take what thou please of all this surplusage. Spenser. A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature. Emerson.
2. (Law)
Definition: Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.
3. (Accounts)
Definition: A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to. [Obs.] Rees.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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