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adminicle

[ ad-min-i-kuhl ]

noun



adminicle

/ ædˈmɪnɪkəl /

noun

  1. law something contributing to prove a point without itself being complete proof
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • ad·mi·nic·u·lar [ad-m, uh, -, nik, -y, uh, -ler], ad·mi·nic·u·lar·y [ad-m, uh, -, nik, -y, uh, -ler-ee], adjective
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adminicle1

C16: from Latin adminiculum support
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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.

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

That fact is an adminicle of excuse for my delay.

The peacock was but an adminicle.

That fact is an adminicle of excuse for my delay.

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