IRREL'EVANT, adjective [Latin elevo, levo, to raise.] Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not serving to support. We call evidence, testimony and arguments irrelevant to a cause, when they are inapplicable to it, or do not serve so support it.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.