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Definition of: extraneous
(ik·strā′nē·əs) adjective
Not intrinsic or essential to matter under consideration; foreign. [<L extraneus foreign. Doublet of STRANGE.]
—ex·tra′ne·ous·ly adverb
—ex·tra′ne·ous·ness noun
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