appendix

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
23
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əˈpɛn.dɪks/ (UK)
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/əˈpɛn.dɪks/ (UK) · /əˈpɪn.dɪks/

Definition of appendix

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (broadly, obsolete)Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
    “Near-synonyms: ancillary, auxiliary”
    “idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […]”
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noun

  1. (broadly, obsolete)Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
    “Near-synonyms: ancillary, auxiliary”
    “idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […]”
  2. A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
    “Holonym: back matter”
    “Near-synonyms: supplement (sometimes synonymous), addendum, codicil”
  3. The vermiform appendix.
  4. Any process, prolongation, or projection.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appendix.

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