appurtenant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of appurtenant
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English appurtenaunt, ap(p)pertenant, ap(p)ertenent, from Anglo-French, Old French appartenant, appertenant, from Late Latin appertinent- (stem of appertinēns, present participle of appertinēre “to belong to, appertain to”); see appurtenance
Explanation
Something that is appurtenant helps or supports something else. Good physical health is appurtenant to mental well-being. The adjective appurtenant sounds similar to pertinent, and you can use the two words in the same way, to show that something relates or belongs to something else. Appurtenant shows up a lot in scholarly writing, in situations like a building addition that fits, or is appurtenant to the original structure, or a legal decision about whether a claim of discrimination is appurtenant to a particular law.
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Example Sentences
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He noted that “directly or indirectly, the President shares in the revenues that the Hotel and its appurtenant restaurant, bar, and event spaces generate.”
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2018
The legal battle and appurtenant depositions and documents reveal the extent to which the McCourts used the Dodgers to fund their lavish lifestyle.
From BusinessWeek • Aug. 12, 2010
Escutcheon, toboggan, chrysalis, mollify, appurtenant, desecrate, diaphanous, discernible, penitentiary .
From Time Magazine Archive
Locks, dams, ponds, feeders, and other appurtenant works were ambitiously undertaken.
From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Williams, Harrison
There was a sort of a wharf-boat at the landing, moored to the bank, a stationary, permanent affair, with a saloon appurtenant.
From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Stillwell, Leander
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