adminicle

[ad-min-i-kuhl]

noun

1. an aid; auxiliary.

adminicle

/ ædˈmɪnɪkəl /

noun

1. law something contributing to prove a point without itself being complete proof

Other Word Forms

• adminicular adjective
• adminiculary adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of adminicle¹

First recorded in 1550–60; from Latin adminiculum “prop (for vines), support,” equivalent to ad- ad- + element -min- probably related to moenia “defensive walls of a town” + -i- -i- + -culum -cle ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of adminicle¹

C16: from Latin adminiculum support

Example Sentences

In this case a portion of that silken band was carefully sewn up, as an adminicle of evidence, in the writ recording the transaction.

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The loss of this adscititious adminicle would make the sage's impeccable, but lugubrious bosom vibrate with the horrors of dilution and dereliction.

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The peacock was but an adminicle.

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The peacock was but an adminicle. 

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