unaccessory

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adjective

Not accessory.

OriginEnglish accessory ← Medieval Latin accessōrius ← Latin accessor →
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Meanings

adjectiveunaccessory (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot accessory.

    Henry had not been made a party to the concealment of Somerset behind the arras-hangings of the royal pavilion; and he was equally unaccessory to the Duke of York's arrest, […]

    1858, Mary Cowden Clarke, World-Noted Women, page 220

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Italic*kezdō
  13. Latincēdō
  14. Latinaccēdō
  15. Latinaccessor
  16. Medieval Latinaccessōrius
  17. Englishaccessory
  18. Englishunaccessory

From un- + accessory.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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