accessorial

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US/æk.səˈsɔɹ.i.əl/

adjective

Of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a crime.

“accessorial agency; accessorial guilt”

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a crime.

    accessorial agency; accessorial guilt

  2. Of or relating to an accession.
    1 more example

    The pope sits upon a draped throne chair, robed in full pontificals, holding the keys in one hand, and giving the benediction with the other. His action is dignified and natural, and the accessorial ornaments about the marble background, and upon the large console which supports the statue, are tasteful, and carefully sculptured.

    1868, Charles Callahan Perkins, Italian sculptors, page 121
  3. logisticsAssessorial.
nounaccessorial (plural accessorials)

plural accessorials

  1. logisticsAn assessorial charge.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenonessential but helpful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Italic*kezdō
  6. Latincēdō
  7. Latinaccēdō
  8. Latinaccessor
  9. Latinaccessōrius
  10. Middle Englishaccessorie
  11. Englishaccessory
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishaccessorial

From accessory + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

accessorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessorial

MLA

“accessorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessorial. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accessorial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessorial.

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