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accessory

ac·ces·sory

UK/əˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ US/əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ fairly common
noun (3) adjective (1)

noun

1.

clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing

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2.
3.

someone who helps another person commit a crime

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adjective

1.

relating to something that is added but is not essential

  • “an ancillary pump”
  • “an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism”
  • “The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other”
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Origin

From Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus.

Phrases

  • accessory after the fact
  • accessory battery
  • accessory before the fact
  • accessory breathing
  • accessory cloud
  • accessory equipment
  • accessory fruit
  • accessory gonadal structure

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