accessory
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: art
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fashion
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natural-sciences
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Medieval Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *kezdō
Medieval Latin cēdō
Medieval Latin accēdō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Medieval Latin -tor
Medieval Latin accessor
Medieval Latin -ius
Medieval Latin accessōriusbor.
English accessory
From Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root.
Inflected forms:
form: more accessory
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most accessory
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: accessary
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: accessories
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: accessary
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory.
pos: adj
examples: accessory garments
Surprise parties succeed with the help of accessory neighbors or colleagues.
Amongst many secondary, and accessory causes that support Monarchy, these are not of least reckning, […]
gloss: Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.
pos: adj
examples: Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
gloss: Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
pos: adj
examples: accessory mineral
gloss: Supernumerary and generally nonfunctional.
pos: adj
examples: She had an accessory finger on one hand.
Dichotomy may, not infrequently, affect other digits; thus in fig. 61 a chick is represented with two bifid toes and partial duplicity of the left leg. Birds with these accessory parts may live and attain the adult condition.
There was an accessory finger present on the ulnar side of each hand.
Duplications and accessory toes can sometimes be simply reduced or removed, but occasionally the skeletal architecture is very complex and careful planning and meticulous surgery are necessary.
gloss: Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
pos: noun
examples: the accessories of a mobile phone
the aspect and accessories of a den of banditti
gloss: An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
pos: noun
examples: One of the first of a wave of American women contemporary designers who emerged in the 1990s, she [Kate Spade] built a brand on the appeal of clothes and accessories that made shoppers smile.
gloss: A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
pos: noun
examples: She was an accessory to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
“You can be an accessory before the fact, or an accessory after the fact. It doesnʼt matter if itʼs before or after; either way youʼd be in for it.”
gloss: Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
pos: noun
Synonyms: addition
attachment
supplement
Derived words: accessorial
accessorily
accessoriness
accessorist
accessorize
accessory after the fact
accessory battery
accessory before the fact
accessory breathing
accessory cloud
accessory equipment
accessory fruit
accessory gonadal structure
accessoryless
accessory mineral
accessory nerve
accessory pigment
accessoryship
accessory shoe
accessory spleen
Cambodian accessory
nonaccessory
sexcessory
unaccessory
vagoaccessory
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