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Reading: accessory – Wiktionary
accessary
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etymology 1 [edit ]
beginning attested in 1550s. From Middle English accessorie, from Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor ( “ benefactor, subordinate ” ), from accessus. Compare access, from same root .
adjective [edit ]
accessory ( comparative more accessory, superlative most accessory )
- Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. Said of things and actions, very rarely of people (and then usually in a humorous version of the legal sense [or due to confusion between the noun and the adjective]).
- accessory garments
- Surprise parties succeed with the help of accessory neighbors or colleagues.
- (law ) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal
- Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
- principal
- accomplice
- Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
- accessory mineral
synonym [edit ]
- ( having a secondary affair ) : accompanyingcontributoryauxiliarysubsidiarysubservientadditionalacceding
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Translations [edit ]
assisting a crime
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present in a minor sum
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etymology 2 [edit ]
- ( legal ) : First attested in 1414.
- ( fashion ) : First attested in 1896.
noun [edit ]
accessory ( plural accessories )
synonym [edit ]
- ( something that belongs to function of another main thing ) : accompanimentadditionattachmentsupplementThesaurus:adjunct
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one who assists in or instigates an discourtesy ) : abettoraccompliceallycoadjutoraccessary
Derived terms [edit ]
Descendants [edit ]
- → Hebrew: אַקְסֵסוֹרִי ( aksésori )
- → Japanese: アクセサリー ( akusesarī )
- → Korean: 액세서리 ( aekseseori )
Translations [edit ]
contributor to an umbrage
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inessential partially in a knead of art
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