overmattern.
/ˈəʊvəˌmatə/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌmædər/ Surplus materials; matter remaining over or in excess, esp. surplus text.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > what remains in excess
surplusc1374
overplusa1387
thrifta1387
surplusagec1407
surplusagec1407
superplusage1436
overdealc1440
overcome1445
superplusa1450
superfluities1483
upperplus1578
super1626
reserve1646
overs1864
overmatter1887
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > addition or appendix
supplement1523
appendix1549
referendary1581
supply1584
postscript1596
corollary1603
annexary1605
annexe1625
appendage1651
streamer1696
tack1705
taga1734
rider1813
pendant1837
overmatter1887
afterword1890
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Feb. 5/2 It contains seven pages of ‘over-matter’ put in type for ‘Fors’ but never before published.
1928 Daily Express 7 Feb. 3/6 Early buyers of lingerie had all the advantages, for most of the real bargains..belonged to ranges that..were ‘overmatter’ that had to be cast out of stock.
1967 Economist 2 Dec. p. iii/2 This one book is only a bit of overmatter from all his earlier over-writings.
1998 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) 20 He refreshed himself by writing and directing a ten-minute curio that might have originated in the overmatter of a Samuel Beckett foray.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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