adminicular

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adjective

Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.

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adminiculary
OriginLatin adminiculō →
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Meanings

adjectiveadminicular (comparative more adminicular, superlative most adminicular)

comparative more adminicular · superlative most adminicular

  1. obsoleteSupplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.

    He came: he found the islanders beside themselves at this unwelcome resurrection of the dead and the detested; he was shown, as adminicular of testimony

    1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, Records of a Family of Engineers

    Synonyms: adminiculary

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSupplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.

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adminiculary

Origin

  1. Latinadminiculō“to prop up, support”
  2. Englishadminicular

From Latin adminiculō (“to prop up, support”) + -ar.

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Translations

Portuguese adminicular
  • adminicularsupplying help; corroborative; explanatory
Cite this entry
APA

adminicular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adminicular

MLA

“adminicular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adminicular. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adminicular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adminicular.

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