paraphernalia
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Definition of paraphernalia
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(plural, plural-only)Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity.
“drug paraphernalia”
“He has an impressive collection of bicycling paraphernalia, but he doesn't ride very often anymore.”
“Then the boys arrived, with their camping paraphernalia, and in such bubbling good spirits that the girls were infected with them, for they had become rather lonesome of late.”
“People such as William James and the Stephensons (with whom he collaborated) may have been the movers and shakers of the early railways, but there was other, less exalted bods who constructed all the paraphernalia—including stations.”
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noun
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(plural, plural-only)Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity.
“drug paraphernalia”
“He has an impressive collection of bicycling paraphernalia, but he doesn't ride very often anymore.”
“Then the boys arrived, with their camping paraphernalia, and in such bubbling good spirits that the girls were infected with them, for they had become rather lonesome of late.”
“People such as William James and the Stephensons (with whom he collaborated) may have been the movers and shakers of the early railways, but there was other, less exalted bods who constructed all the paraphernalia—including stations.”
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(archaic, plural, plural-only)Objects that a married woman owns, such as clothing and jewellery, apart from her dowry.
“So she told her what her husband had said and sat with her awhile; but, presently, up came porters, who brought all her clothes and paraphernalia and what not else belonged to her of goods and vessels from her husband’s house and deposited them in that of her mother.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin paraphernālia (“goods which a wife brings over and above her dowry”), use as noun (short for paraphernālia bona (“paraphernal goods”)) of neuter plural of paraphernālis, from…
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Borrowed from Medieval Latin paraphernālia (“goods which a wife brings over and above her dowry”), use as noun (short for paraphernālia bona (“paraphernal goods”)) of neuter plural of paraphernālis, from Late Latin parapherna + Latin -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), from Ancient Greek παράφερνα (parápherna), a compound of παρά (pará, “beside”) + φερνή (phernḗ, “dowry”). In the propertied classes, a dowry was placed under the control of the husband, while the paraphernalia which she brought with her remained the wife’s property.
Words you can make from paraphernalia
200+ playable · top: HAPPIER (14 pts)
Best play happier 14 points8-letter words
5 words7-letter words
18 words6-letter words
59 words- HAPPEN 13 pts
- HIPPER 13 pts
- PARAPH 13 pts
- HARPER 11 pts
- HARPIN 11 pts
- HIRPLE 11 pts
- PARIAH 11 pts
- RAPHAE 11 pts
- RAPHIA 11 pts
- APPEAL 10 pts
- APPEAR 10 pts
- LAPPER 10 pts
- LIPPEN 10 pts
- LIPPER 10 pts
- NAPPER 10 pts
- NAPPIE 10 pts
- NIPPER 10 pts
- NIPPLE 10 pts
- PALAPA 10 pts
- PAPAIN 10 pts
- RAPPEL 10 pts
- RAPPEN 10 pts
- RAPPER 10 pts
- RIPPER 10 pts
- RIPPLE 10 pts
- RIPRAP 10 pts
- HAILER 9 pts
- HALIER 9 pts
- HERNIA 9 pts
- INHALE 9 pts
- RHINAL 9 pts
- ALPINE 8 pts
- APNEAL 8 pts
- EARLAP 8 pts
- LARPER 8 pts
- PALIER 8 pts
- PANIER 8 pts
- PARIAN 8 pts
- PARRAL 8 pts
- PARREL 8 pts
- PENIAL 8 pts
- PINEAL 8 pts
- PIRANA 8 pts
- PLANAR 8 pts
- PLANER 8 pts
- RAPIER 8 pts
- RAPINE 8 pts
- REPAIR 8 pts
- REPLAN 8 pts
- AERIAL 6 pts
- ALINER 6 pts
- IRREAL 6 pts
- LARINE 6 pts
- LINEAR 6 pts
- NAILER 6 pts
- NARIAL 6 pts
- RAILER 6 pts
- REALIA 6 pts
- RENAIL 6 pts
5-letter words
68 words- HAPPI 12 pts
- ALEPH 10 pts
- ALPHA 10 pts
- PHIAL 10 pts
- RALPH 10 pts
- RAPHE 10 pts
- APPAL 9 pts
- APPEL 9 pts
- APPLE 9 pts
- NAPPA 9 pts
- NAPPE 9 pts
- PALPI 9 pts
- PAPAL 9 pts
- PAPER 9 pts
- PEPLA 9 pts
- PIPAL 9 pts
- PIPER 9 pts
- HALER 8 pts
- HILAR 8 pts
- HIRER 8 pts
- LAHAR 8 pts
- APIAN 7 pts
- APNEA 7 pts
- AREPA 7 pts
- ARPEN 7 pts
- LAPIN 7 pts
- PAEAN 7 pts
- PALEA 7 pts
- PALER 7 pts
- PANEL 7 pts
- PARAE 7 pts
- PAREN 7 pts
- PARER 7 pts
- PARLE 7 pts
- PEARL 7 pts
- PENAL 7 pts
- PERIL 7 pts
- PILAR 7 pts
- PILEA 7 pts
- PLAIN 7 pts
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- PLENA 7 pts
- PLIER 7 pts
- PRANA 7 pts
- PRIER 7 pts
- RAPER 7 pts
- REPIN 7 pts
- RIPEN 7 pts
- RIPER 7 pts
- AIRER 5 pts
- ALANE 5 pts
- ALIEN 5 pts
- ALINE 5 pts
- ANEAR 5 pts
- ANILE 5 pts
- AREAL 5 pts
- ARENA 5 pts
- ARIEL 5 pts
- ELAIN 5 pts
- LAARI 5 pts
- LANAI 5 pts
- LEARN 5 pts
- LIANA 5 pts
- LIANE 5 pts
- LINER 5 pts
- NAIRA 5 pts
- RENAL 5 pts
- RERAN 5 pts
4-letter words
49 words- EPHA 9 pts
- HARP 9 pts
- HEAP 9 pts
- HELP 9 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- HAAR 7 pts
- HAEN 7 pts
- HAIL 7 pts
- HAIR 7 pts
- HALE 7 pts
- HARE 7 pts
- HARL 7 pts
- HEAL 7 pts
- HEAR 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HERL 7 pts
- HERN 7 pts
- HILA 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- LEHR 7 pts
- APER 6 pts
- LARP 6 pts
- LEAP 6 pts
- AIRN 4 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALAN 4 pts
- ALAR 4 pts
- ANAL 4 pts
- ANIL 4 pts
- AREA 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- ARIL 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
- LAIR 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LARI 4 pts
- LARN 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LIAR 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
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