adjunct

English

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Etymology

From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈædʒʌŋkt/

Noun

adjunct (plural adjuncts)

1. An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
   • Shakespeare

     Learning is but an adjunct to our self.

2. A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wotton to this entry?)

3. (grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while".
4. (rhetoric) Symploce.
5. (dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
6. (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.

Derived terms

• adjuncthood
• adjunctive

Translations

appendage

• Bulgarian: притурка (bg) (priturka), приложение (bg) (priloženie)
• Dutch: bepaling (nl) f
• Finnish: adjunkti (fi)
• French: complément (fr) m, attribut (fr) m

• German: Hilfs- (de), Zusatz- (de)
• Spanish: adjunto (es) m
• Turkish: ek (tr), ilave (tr)

Adjective

adjunct (comparative more adjunct, superlative most adjunct)

1. Connected in a subordinate function.
   • Shakespeare

     Though that my death were adjunct to my act.

2. Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.