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surcroît

surplus

noun sur-KRWAH Rare
Grammar & Structure Adverbs

Also means

addition

Usage Note

Surcroît most commonly appears in the fixed phrase de surcroît (moreover, on top of that), used to add a further point, often an aggravating one. The phrase par surcroît is a rarer literary variant meaning 'additionally'. The final -t is silent.

Examples

"Il est fatigué et, de surcroît, malade."

Natural Translation

He is tired and, moreover, ill.

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