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accessory
English
Alternative forms
- (noun): accessary
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?s?s??i/, /æk?s?s??i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?s?s(?)?i/, /æk?s?s(?)?i/
- Homophone: accessary
Etymology 1
First attested in 1550s. From Middle English accessorie, from Medieval Latin access?rius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root.
Adjective
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; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of people and things, and, when of people, usually in a bad sense
- (law) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
- Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
Synonyms
- (having a secondary function): accompanying, contributory, auxiliary, subsidiary, subservient, additional, acceding
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
- (legal): First attested in 1414.
- (fashion): First attested in 1896.
Noun
accessory (plural accessories)
- Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
- 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling
- the aspect and accessories of a den of banditti
- 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling
- (fashion) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
- (law) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
- (art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
Synonyms
- (something that belongs to part of another main thing): accompaniment, addition, attachment, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
- (one who assists in or instigates an offense): abettor, accomplice, ally, coadjutor, accessary
Derived terms
- accessory before the fact
- accessory after the fact
- accessoryship
- Cambodian accessory
Descendants
- ? Hebrew: ????????????? (aksésori)
- ? Japanese: ?????? (akusesar?)
- ? Korean: ???? (aekseseori)
Translations
References
- accessory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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furniture
English
Etymology
From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??n?t??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f?n?t??/
Noun
furniture (usually uncountable, plural furnitures)
- (now usually uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
- They bought a couple of pieces of furniture.
- Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust […].
- The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.
- Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.
- (firearms) The stock and forearm of a weapon.
- (printing, historical) The pieces of wood or metal put round pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.
- (journalism) Any material on the page other than the text and pictures of stories.
Usage notes
- Before the end of the nineteenth century, the plural furnitures existed in Standard English in both the U.S. and the U.K.; during the twentieth century, however, it ceased to be used by native speakers.
- A single item of furniture, such as a chair or a table, is often called a piece of furniture.
- In many languages "piece of furniture" is one word, and often its plural form is the equivalent of the English "furniture", for example French meuble / meubles.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:furniture
Meronyms
- drawer
- wardrobe
Derived terms
Related terms
- furnish
Translations
Further reading
- furniture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- furniture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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