accessory – Wiktionary

english [edit ]

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• ( noun ) :

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  accessary

pronunciation [edit ]

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 )

1. 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.

2. (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

3. Present in a minor amount, and not essential.

   accessory mineral

synonym [edit ]

• ( having a secondary affair ) : accompanyingcontributoryauxiliarysubsidiarysubservientadditionalacceding

Derived terms [edit ]

Translations [edit ]

assisting a crime

present in a minor sum

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

inessential partially in a knead of art

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