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- Latin · learned borrowing fromadiunctus
- English todayadjunct
From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity. Full definition →